Translating and Interpreting the Tractatus

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-46016-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: History of Analytic Philosophy

This book examines issues associated with translating and interpreting the . 

The first part contains chapters reflecting on the English translations of the – both the two older translations (the Ramsey-Ogden and the Pears-McGuinness translations) and two of the new ones (the Beaney and the Stern-Schulte-Saporiti ones). The focus is on the principles followed in translating the . There is disagreement not only about the principles themselves but also, more importantly, about their application in particular cases.

The second part consists of a representative selection of case studies of translations into languages other than English. As well as telling the story of what translations have been done, the cases provide examples of the interpretive claims involved in the translation decisions and consider some of the ensuing debates.

The aim of this volume is threefold: to discuss the principles of translation that have informed the various translations of the , to examine certain issues of interpretation through the lens of questions of translation, and to consider some of the characteristic issues that have arisen. The book thereby seeks to raise the profile of philosophical translation, demonstrating just how important translation is for philosophical thinking and scholarship.

is essential reading for all scholars, researchers and advanced students of Ludwig Wittgentein’s . It is also ideal for scholars of philosophical translation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beaney, Michael

Stern, David G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ch 1: Introduction.- Part I: Translating and Interpreting the Tractatus in English.- Ch 2: Wittgenstein in Green II: The Authority of the Ramsey Translation.- Ch 3: Translating the Tractatus.- Ch 4: On translating the Tractatus consistently.- Part II: Translating and Interpreting the Tractatus in Languages other than English.- Ch 5: Chinese Translations of the Tractatus.- Ch 6: Saying the unsayable, in Vietnamese.- Ch 7: The Making of Wittgenstein in the Netherlands: W. F. Hermans’ Dutch Translation of the Tractatus.- Ch 8: How to translate Wittgenstein’s Tractatus into Bulgarian.- Ch 9: On Producing a New Italian Translation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus: Context and (Some) Problems.- Ch 10: The Third Brazilian Portuguese Translation of the Tractatus.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Beaney is Regius Professor of Logic at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, Visiting Chair Professor of Philosophy at Peking University in China, and Honorary Professor of History of Analytic Philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

David G. Stern is Professor of Philosophy and a Collegiate Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa.