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Mind Map by dom.mcbride, updated more than 1 year ago
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Indeterminacy of Translation
- Semantics vs Syntax
- Semantics is the meaning of words
- Syntax is the structure & rules of language
- Slide 38 - Language unique & universal?
- Slide 38 - Language unique & universal?
- Semantics is the meaning of words
- No facts about meaning
- Conventional knowledge
- Agreed upon
- Agreed upon
- Meaning scepticism
- Conventional knowledge
- Two translation manuals
- Same stimulus conditions
- Incompatible
- Same stimulus conditions
- Translation is observing behaviour
- Observation is subjective
- Observation is subjective
- Two translators may interpret
behaviour differently
- Both observe same conditions.
Perceive selectively
- Both observe same conditions.
Perceive selectively
- Conditions bring native to assent/dissent
- Cannot confirm facts.
Only observable habits
- Cannot confirm facts.
Only observable habits
- Even when we have assent/dissent, we do
not have definitive meaning. Quine is after
a translation of terms, not sentences [1970]
- "Gavagai" was never meant as solid
proof. Only as portrayal of ambiguity
- "Gavagai" example refers to 'rabbit' and 'undetatched rabbit part'
- Could be interpreted two or more ways but with one word
- Same stimulus conditions, different interpretations are possible
- Even when we have assent and dissent, the possibilities still occur
- "Gavagai" example refers to 'rabbit' and 'undetatched rabbit part'
- Words have agreed upon meaning. Ambiguity
of translation means no facts can be held
- Ambiguity lies in interpretation
- Interpretation of behaviour to
selected stimulus conditions
- Interpretation of behaviour to
selected stimulus conditions
- The pursual of a defeat of "gavagai" is not the essence of Quine's argument. It
was not meant as a proof but merely to ignite imaginative question in the readers'
minds as to the inprecise method of translation, resulting in indeterminacy.
- Facts are supposed to discriminate when there are two different
claims. Here we see the facts [conditions] fitting two different meanings
- We can find further words of the language and more syntax conditional rules
which give us clarity, but this is not of the essence of Quine's argument.
- We can find further words of the language and more syntax conditional rules
which give us clarity, but this is not of the essence of Quine's argument.
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