Status ontyczny stoickich lekta

Andrzej Stefańczyk

doi:10.18290/rf25733.14

Published : 2025-09-30

Vol. 73 No. 3 (2025)

The Ontic Status of the Stoic Lekton

Andrzej Stefańczyk

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5621-0777

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf25733.14

Abstract

The paper attempts to clarify several vague issues in the theory of language, epistemology and Stoic logic: (i) the ontic status of lekton; (ii) the lekton–axioma relationship; (iii) the question of truthfulness of judgments (axioma) in the Stoic doctrine; (iv) the problem of lekton as an incorporeal effect. The key to solving these problems is to establish the ontic status of lekton in the perspective of Stoic solutions in ontology. The Stoic doctrine of lekton, the central issue at hand, is analyzed in the light of ancient writings on Stoic philosophy and confronted with the latest findings of modern scholars on this issue. From the analyzed texts and the review of various strategies for solving the problem of the ontic status of lekton, it follows that the lekton can be best understood in the paradigm of cause and effect. The main thesis of the article, therefore, is summarized in the claim that lekta are the effects of the actions of bodies, i.e., the representation or reflection of states of affairs in the world. This causal interpretation of lekta seems to best ensure the systemic coherence of Stoic physicalism.

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lekton, asomata, Stoicism, causation, effect

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