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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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Stephen Schiffer on Radical Interpretation - Dictionary of Arguments
I 204 Radical interpretation/Schiffer: in it we seek explicit propositional knowledge: Davidsonians: no translation: this is possible without understanding a language. ((s) mechanically comparing pairs of sentences.) Davidson: we have to have a meaning theory for the own language. >Meaning theory. SchifferVsDavidson: for the radical interpretation a theory of translation is possible. - We do not need a meaning theory for the native language, because we do not need compositional semantics. >Compositionality. Solution: a psychological model._____________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. |
Schi I St. Schiffer Remnants of Meaning Cambridge 1987 |
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