The notion of a correctness of names in Plato’s Cratylus. Arguments for a basic distinction

This paper offers arguments against Francesco Ademollo’s redundancy thesis about the notion of the correctness of names in the Cratylus. The paper distinguishes between two versions of the redundancy thesis and provides arguments against each of them. In addition to supporting the rejection of both...

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Auteur principal: Jørgensen, Steffen Lund
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:methodos_6133 https://doi.org/10.4000/methodos.6133 urn:doi:10.4000/methodos.6133 en https://journals.openedition.org/methodos/6133 2019-03-11T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/i9q5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The notion of a correctness of names in Plato’s Cratylus. Arguments for a basic distinction Methodos Savoirs textes langage - UMR 8163 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1769-7379 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1626-0600 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/methodos Jørgensen, Steffen Lund Plato Cratylus correctness of names redundancy This paper offers arguments against Francesco Ademollo’s redundancy thesis about the notion of the correctness of names in the Cratylus. The paper distinguishes between two versions of the redundancy thesis and provides arguments against each of them. In addition to supporting the rejection of both versions of the redundancy thesis, the arguments provide new interpretations of important issues inside and outside of the Cratylus. These issues include the philological evidence from the Classical period (e.g. Nicomachean Ethics, VI.9, 1142b6–12, on euboulia as a kind of correctness), the view of correctness expressed by Plato’s Socrates in other dialogues, and Socrates’ initial discussion with Cratylus (in particular 428e–429b).
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topic Plato
Cratylus
correctness of names
redundancy
spellingShingle Plato
Cratylus
correctness of names
redundancy
Jørgensen, Steffen Lund
The notion of a correctness of names in Plato’s Cratylus. Arguments for a basic distinction
description This paper offers arguments against Francesco Ademollo’s redundancy thesis about the notion of the correctness of names in the Cratylus. The paper distinguishes between two versions of the redundancy thesis and provides arguments against each of them. In addition to supporting the rejection of both versions of the redundancy thesis, the arguments provide new interpretations of important issues inside and outside of the Cratylus. These issues include the philological evidence from the Classical period (e.g. Nicomachean Ethics, VI.9, 1142b6–12, on euboulia as a kind of correctness), the view of correctness expressed by Plato’s Socrates in other dialogues, and Socrates’ initial discussion with Cratylus (in particular 428e–429b).
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title The notion of a correctness of names in Plato’s Cratylus. Arguments for a basic distinction
title_short The notion of a correctness of names in Plato’s Cratylus. Arguments for a basic distinction
title_full The notion of a correctness of names in Plato’s Cratylus. Arguments for a basic distinction
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