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| Translation Holism: The translation holism is a demand for theories. If a theory is supposed to be translated into another theory, all terms used in the initial theory must be translatable into the new theory. This requires that the subject domain of the initial theory be a subset of the set of objects to which the terms of the target theory can refer. See also reduction, reductionism, holism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jerry Fodor on Translation Holism - Dictionary of Arguments
IV 47 Translation Holism/formulas/Fodor/Lepore: if statements were formulas, the translation holism would be trivially wrong. Otherwise different languages could in fact contain the same formulas: e.g. English and German, both could contain [Empedikli: s li: pt]. Cf. >Holism. IV 48 Translation holism is a condition for the expression (expressive power) of languages and theories. >Expresssive power. Translation holism says that if the language L can express a statement of English that it then can express all statements. _____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
F/L Jerry Fodor Ernest Lepore Holism. A Shoppers Guide Cambridge USA Oxford UK 1992 Fodor I Jerry Fodor "Special Sciences (or The Disunity of Science as a Working Hypothesis", Synthese 28 (1974), 97-115 In Kognitionswissenschaft, Dieter Münch, Frankfurt/M. 1992 Fodor II Jerry Fodor Jerrold J. Katz Sprachphilosophie und Sprachwissenschaft In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 Fodor III Jerry Fodor Jerrold J. Katz The availability of what we say in: Philosophical review, LXXII, 1963, pp.55-71 In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 |
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