Rachel Barney

Names and Nature in Plato's Cratylus (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This study offers a ckomprehensive new interpretation of one of Plato's dialogues, the Cratylus. Throughout, the book combines analysis of Plato's arguments with attentiveness to his philosophical method.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135575694
• Artikelnr.: 47891024

Autorenporträt

Rachel Barney is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Argument of the Cratylus
I. From Convention to Nature
I.1 Conventionalism
I.2 Subjectivism and Private Naming
I.3 The Significance of Conventionalism
I.4 Against Conventionalism
I.5 The First Stage of Naturalism: Names as Tools
II. The Second Stage of Naturalism: Function and Genre in the Etymologies
II.1 Rational Reconstruction
II.2 The Inspiration Episode
II.3 The Agonistic Display
II.4 The Etymologies as Agôn
II.5 Plato and Parmenides on the Deceptiveness of Language
III. The Third Stage of Naturalism: Mimetic Correctness
III.1 Beyond Etymology
III.2 Mimesis and the Elements of Language
III.3 Craft and the Foundations of Correctness
IV. Natural Correctness Re-examined
IV.1 The Dianomê Argument
IV.2 On the Correctness of Images
IV.3 The Two Cratyluses
IV.4 The Sklêrotês Argument
IV.5 The Names of the Numbers
IV.6 Conclusions About Correctness
V. From Names to Things
V.1 Against the Study of Names
V.2 Language, Knowledge and Flux
VI. The Cratylus and After: Names and Logoi
VI.1 The Seventh Letter and the Weakness of Language
VI.2 Logos and Knowledge
Chapter VII: The Cratylus and After: False Statement
VII.1 False Statement in the Cratylus
VII.2 The Sophist on Syntax
VII.3 The Sophist on False Statement
Bibliography
Index

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Preface; Introduction: The Argument of the Cratylus; I. From Convention to Nature; I.1 Conventionalism; I.2 Subjectivism and Private Naming; I.3 The Significance of Conventionalism; I.4 Against Conventionalism; I.5 The First Stage of Naturalism: Names as Tools; II. The Second Stage of Naturalism: Function and Genre in the Etymologies; II.1 Rational Reconstruction; II.2 The Inspiration Episode; II.3 The Agonistic Display; II.4 The Etymologies as Agôn; II.5 Plato and Parmenides on the Deceptiveness of Language ; III. The Third Stage of Naturalism: Mimetic Correctness; III.1 Beyond Etymology; III.2 Mimesis and the Elements of Language; III.3 Craft and the Foundations of Correctness; IV. Natural Correctness Re-examined; IV.1 The Dianomê Argument; IV.2 On the Correctness of Images; IV.3 The Two Cratyluses; IV.4 The Sklêrotês Argument ; IV.5 The Names of the Numbers; IV.6 Conclusions About Correctness; V. From Names to Things; V.1 Against the Study of Names ; V.2 Language, Knowledge and Flux; VI. The Cratylus and After: Names and Logoi; VI.1 The Seventh Letter and the Weakness of Language; VI.2 Logos and Knowledge; Chapter VII: The Cratylus and After: False Statement; VII.1 False Statement in the Cratylus; VII.2 The Sophist on Syntax; VII.3 The Sophist on False Statement; Bibliography; Index

Rezensionen

"[Barney's] penetrating and sustained study of the Cratylus will be useful to any serious student of Plato or of ancient Greek language science. She concentrates on philosophical argument yet she does not overlook the literary aspects of Plato's dialogue." -- Malcolm D. Hyman, Harvard University