Plato's Cratylus : argument, form, and structure / Michael W. Riley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riley, Michael W.

Series:

Value inquiry book series ; v. 168.

Value inquiry book series ; v. 168

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Plato. Cratylus.

Plato.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explains how the Cratylus , Plato's apparently meandering and comical dialogue on the correctness of names, makes serious philosophical progress by its notorious etymological digressions. While still a wild ride through a Heraclitean flood of etymologies which threatens to swamp language altogether, the Cratylus emerges as an astonishingly organized evaluation of the power of words.

Contents:

List of Figures

Foreword

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

ONE The Argument in the Cratylus in the Form of a Geometric Demonstration

TWO Enunciation: Knowledge of Names, like Knowledge of Beautiful Things in General, is Difficult 383a-384c

THREE I. Construction: Eikasia, Likeness-Making: The Appearance of Reasoning 384c-393b

FOUR II. Demonstration: Pistis, Belief: Heraclitean Dogmas, Socratic Demands 393b-408d

FIVE III Demonstration: Dianoia, Systematic Reasoning: An Axiomatic Heraclitean Logos: A Phenomenal Philosophical Dictionary 408d-421c

SIX IV. Demonstration: Noesis, Knowing: Knowledge as Identical with Perception 421d-436b

SEVEN Reduction, Recapitulation: 436c-440c

Notes

Bibliography

Appendix

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-012-0238-9

1-4237-9189-4

OCLC:

70875173

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401202381 DOI