Naturalism, Conventionalism, and Forms of Life: Wittgenstein and the "Cratylus"
I consider Plato’s argument, in the dialogue Cratylus, against both of two opposed views of the “correctness of names.” The first is a conventionalist view, according to which this relationship is arbitrary, the product of a free inaugural decision made at the moment of the first institution of name...
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Nordic Wittgenstein Society
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Nordic Wittgenstein Review |
| Online Access: | http://www.nordicwittgensteinreview.com/article/view/3394 |