Argumentative Strategies: Opponent Deletion in Plato’s Cratylus
di Claudia Marsico
This paper describes the strategy of ‘opponent deletion’, used in theoretical contexts to outline rival theses in a way that makes it easier to refute them. After characterizing this strategy, it explores a deep variant in Plato’s Cratylus, which hides the polemic with Antisthenes about the nature of language and its link with reality.
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