Hermogenes

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Hermogenes is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Cratylus," where he participates in a philosophical discussion with Socrates about the correctness and nature of names.

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Hermogenes canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn Cratylus ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy Plato ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosopher Plato ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosophicalTradition Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
createdBy Plato ⓘ
dialogueWith Socrates ⓘ
discussesTopic conventionalism about language ⓘ
correctness of names ⓘ
etymology ⓘ
nature of names ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Ancient Greek name Hermogenes ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryGenreOfWork Socratic dialogue ⓘ
philosophicalPositionAttributed names are correct by convention ⓘ
philosophicalPositionContrastedWith Cratylus ⓘ
relatedConcept conventionalism ⓘ
naturalism about language ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
reference (philosophy of language) ⓘ
semantics of names ⓘ
relatedWork Euthyphro ⓘ
Theaetetus ⓘ
roleInWork interlocutor of Socrates ⓘ
settingOfAppearance Athens ⓘ
workPartOfCorpus Platonic dialogues ⓘ
linked to: Dialogues of Plato

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Cratylus → featuresCharacter → Hermogenes ⓘ
Acts of Paul → character → Hermogenes ⓘ