Translation in analytic philosophy / Francesca Ervas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ervas, Francesca, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in translation and interpreting, 2633-6480.

Cambridge elements. Elements in translation and interpreting, 2633-6480

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Philosophy.

Translating and interpreting.

Analysis (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This Element aims to introduce the different definitions of translation provided in the history of analytic philosophy. Starting from the definitions of translation as paraphrase, calculus, and language games, the Element explores the main philosophical-analytic notions used to explain translation from Frege and Wittgenstein onwards. Particular attention is paid to the concept of translation equivalence in the work of Quine, Davidson, and Sellars, and to the problem of translating implicit vs. explicit meaning into another language as discussed by Grice, Kripke, and the contemporary trends in analytic philosophy of language.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Translation in Analytic Philosophy

Contents

Introduction

1 From Frege to Carnap: Translation as Paraphrase

2 Wittgenstein: Translation as Calculus and Translation as a Language Game

3 Quine and the Thesis of Translation Indeterminacy

4 The Notion of Synonymy and Davidson's Theory of Radical Interpretation

5 The Principle of Charity and the Third Dogma of Empiricism

6 Sellars and the Problem of Semantic versus Pragmatic Equivalence

7 Grice and the Translation of Implicit Meaning

8 Kripke's Translation Test

9 The Translation of Explicit Meaning in Literalism versus Contextualism

Conclusion

References

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2023).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009351300

1009351303

9781009351331

1009351338

9781009351294

100935129X

OCLC:

1420172520