Overview

The present volume offers a collection of papers on one of Plato’s most intriguing dialogues. Although not a running commentary, the book covers the majority of difficult questions raised by the dialogue in which the subjects of language and ontology are tied closely together. It shows why Plato’s Cratylus has been highly regarded among readers interested in ancient philosophy and those concerned with modern semantics and theory of language. This collection also presents original views on the position of the dialogue in the whole Plato’s œuvre and in the context of Plato’s contemporaries and successors.

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Author:   Vladimír Mikeš
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   8
Weight:   0.478kg
ISBN:  

9789004473010

ISBN 10:   9004473017
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   02 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface – Making Sense of the Cratylus Acknowledgments List of Tables 1 The Opening of Plato’s Cratylus A Prelude to a Socratic Reading of the Dialogue   Steffen Lund Jørgensen 2 Why the Cratylus Matters, or Plato’s Cratylus and the Philosophy of Language   Francesco Ademollo 3 Intentionality and Referentiality in Plato’s Cratylus   Francesco Aronadio 4 What Remains of Socrates’ Naturalist Theory Once Conventionalism Is Accepted   Vladimír Mikeš 5 Forms and Names On Cratylus 389a5–390a10   Anna Pavani 6 Platons Theologie der Götternamen   Jakub Jinek 7 Commerce, Theft and Deception The Etymology of Hermes in Plato’s Cratylus   Olof Pettersson 8 Gorgias and the Cratylus   Mariapaola Bergomi 9 Quelques Différences entre le Cratyle et le Sophiste   Frédérique Ildefonse 10 A Theory of Language between the Cratylus, the Theaetetus and the Sophist   Filip Karfík Index

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Vladimír Mikeš, Ph.D. (2009), Charles University in Prague, is a researcher at the Czech Academy of Sciences (Institute of Philosophy). He has published on ancient philosophy, mainly Plato and the Stoics, including Le paradoxe stoïcien: liberté de l’action déterminée (Vrin, 2016).

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