\textit{Aletheia} in Greek thought until Aristotle (Q598322)

Starting point of this paper is A. Tarski's remark that his semantic definition of truth philosophically follows Aristotle. The paper aims at surveying the ancient use of the word \textit{aletheia} in the light of modern interpretations. The author focusses rather on linguistic and etymological aspects than on philosopical ones. In the section on the use of \textit{aletheia} and related words in archaic Greece, the author critically discusses M. Heidegger's interpretation of \textit{aletheia} as \textit{Unverborgenheit} (``disclosure''). The pre-socratic notion of truth allows an ontological interpretation if standing for reality or actuality, and also an epistemological one if contrasted with opinion (\textit{doxa}). The section on Plato is devoted to his discussion of true and false sentences in the dialogue \textit{Sophist}. The final section on Aristotle gives a selection of quotes on truth from various of Aristotle's works. The question is discussed whether Aritotle had a correspondence theory of truth.