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| Radical interpretation, philosophy: is an expression for a family of thought experiments, which has the object of the translation of a completely foreign language into the language of the interpreter, which the interpreter does not understand at all. See also translation, indeterminacy, Gavagai._____________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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Anita Avramides on Radical Interpretation - Dictionary of Arguments
I 90 Radical interpretation/Davidson/Avramides: the redical intepretation is proceeding gradually, but from the beginning one needs assumptions about beliefs and about the meaning of utterances. >Propositional attitudes, >Utterance meaning. I 93 Radical interpretation/asymmetry/Avramides: from the perspective of radical interpretation, there is no asymmetry between the psychological and the semantic side. >Terminology/Avramides. I 93 Grice/Avramides: Grice is trying to understand meaning ((s) the concept of meaning). Radical interpretation: is trying to understand the speaker. Grice was not interested in the realization of communication in the beginning. >Communication. I 96 Radical interpretation/Avramides: from this point of view there is an epistemic symmetry between the semantic and the psychological - unlike Grice's theory of meaning. Symmetry/asymmetry: >Terminology/Avramides._____________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. |
Avr I A. Avramides Meaning and Mind Boston 1989 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28