Essays about: "Cratylus"

Found 1 essay containing the word Cratylus.

  1. 1. Convention or Nature? : The Correctness of Names in Plato's Cratylus

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Rickard Gustavsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Cratylus; Plato; Philosophy of language; Ancient Greek philosophy; etymology;

    Abstract : This thesis is about Plato‘s dialogue Cratylus, which is one of the earliest texts in the history ofphilosophy of language and has generated much interpretive controversy. In the dialogue, Platoexamines two theories on the correctness of names; conventionalism and naturalism. READ MORE