Abstract
In this essay, based on an interpretation of the Cratylus, I defend that Plato conceives the mediation of ordinary language as necessary for the dialectical investigation of reality. In the discussion about the rightness of names, Socrates maintains a compatibilist position between Conventionalism and Naturalism that allows him to judge the imperfection in the establishment of names. Such reconstruction allows us to conceive both the criticism of etymology as a research method, and the dialectics as an overcoming method. The dialectician, to be successful, must consider the necessary imperfection of our names.
| Translated title of the contribution | DIALOGUE WITH WHAT? THE SOCRATIC WAY ON NAMES IN THE CRATYLUS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DIALECTICS AS A RESEARCH METHOD |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-26 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Hypnos |
| Issue number | 52 |
| State | Published - 2024 |
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