Translation in the Most Reverent Theory of Truth: A Self-Translative Act as an Illusion of Correspondence

Giulia Cirillo

doi:10.18290/rf23713.8

Published : 2023-09-27

Vol. 71 No. 3 (2023)

Translation in the Most Reverent Theory of Truth: A Self-Translative Act as an Illusion of Correspondence

Giulia Cirillo

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6292-2842

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf23713.8

Abstract

Being the most intuitive and yet perhaps most contestable of all, the correspondence theory remains an axis around which the philosophical debate on truth incessantly spins, with indefiniteness remaining as its main propelling force. The following work presents one more interpretative attempt; it will be argued that each classical contemporary version of the theory incorporates an idea of translation process. For this purpose, initially one was specified what notion of translation should be applied here by enumerating its key features. Next, three classical models were examined—those proposed by Russell, Moore and Austin—in such a way as to expose the place of translation in each analysis. Consequently, the research both provide an element which unifies them and highlight the significance of translation for the philosophical inquiry into the concept of truth.

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truth, intersemiotic translation, Russell, Austin, Moore

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