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Thought as Internal Speech in Plato and Aristotle (2016)
Journal Article
Duncombe, M. (2016). Thought as Internal Speech in Plato and Aristotle. Philosophiegeschichte und logische Analyse, 19,

Scholars often assert that Plato and Aristotle share the view that discursive thought (dianoia) is internal speech (TIS). However, there has been little work to clarify or substantiate this reading. In this paper I show Plato and Aristotle share some... Read More about Thought as Internal Speech in Plato and Aristotle.

Dialectic and logic in Aristotle and his tradition (2016)
Journal Article
Duncombe, M., & Dutilh Novaes, C. (2016). Dialectic and logic in Aristotle and his tradition. History and Philosophy of Logic, 37(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340.2015.1086624

Aristotle’s two accounts of relatives in Categories 7 (2015)
Journal Article
Duncombe, M. (2015). Aristotle’s two accounts of relatives in Categories 7. Phronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy, 60(4), 436-461. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685284-12341292

At Categories7, 6a36-7 Aristotle defines relatives (R1), but at 8a13-28 worries that the definition may include some substances. Aristotle introduces a second account of relatives (R2, at 8a31-2) to solve the problem. Recent commentators have held th... Read More about Aristotle’s two accounts of relatives in Categories 7.

The Role of Relatives in Plato's Partition Argument, Republic 4, 436B 9-439 C 9 (2015)
Book Chapter
Duncombe, M. (2015). The Role of Relatives in Plato's Partition Argument, Republic 4, 436B 9-439 C 9. In B. Inwood (Ed.), Oxford studies in ancient philosophy. Oxford University Press

Irreflexivity and Aristotle's Syllogismos (2014)
Journal Article
Duncombe, M. (2014). Irreflexivity and Aristotle's Syllogismos. Philosophical Quarterly, 64(256), 434-452. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqu016

Aristotle's definition of syllogismos at Prior Analytics 24b18–20 specifies syllogistic consequence as an irreflexive relation: the conclusion must be different from each premise and any conjunction of the premises. Typically, commentators explain th... Read More about Irreflexivity and Aristotle's Syllogismos.

The Greatest Difficulty at Parmenides 133 C–134 E and Plato's Relative Terms (2013)
Book Chapter
Duncombe, M. (2013). The Greatest Difficulty at Parmenides 133 C–134 E and Plato's Relative Terms. In B. Inwood (Ed.), Oxford studies in ancient philosophy (43-61). Oxford University Press

Plato's Absolute and Relative Categories at Sophist 255c14 (2012)
Journal Article
Duncombe, M. (2012). Plato's Absolute and Relative Categories at Sophist 255c14. Ancient Philosophy, 32(1), 77-86. https://doi.org/10.5840/ancientphil20123214