Thesis advisor: John Sallis / This dissertation serves as an analysis of Plato's <italic> Cratylus </italic> that attends to the comedy of the text and the manner in which this comedy contributes to the text's philosophical analysis of language. Stated broadly, this dissertation shows how Socrates criticizes a certain view of language (which he calls the `tragic view') by showing the manner in which it binds human beings to opinions and mere appearances, thus severing them from the truth. Against this tragic view, Socrates develops what I call his `comic view' of language that frees human beings from their attachment to mere opinion by providing them with a glimpse of true Being. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2011. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Philosophy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BOSTON/oai:dlib.bc.edu:bc-ir_101556 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Ewegen, Shane Montgomery |
| Publisher | Boston College |
| Source Sets | Boston College |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, thesis |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. |
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