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The Missing Link

Evolution, Reality and the Translation Paradigm

by Michèle Cooke (Author)
©2004 Postdoctoral Thesis 358 Pages

Summary

The Missing Link identified by Michèle Kaiser-Cooke explains the fundamental translatability of the world. Based on Darwin’s theory of evolution, a link is established between various human interpretations of reality, as manifested in cultures, languages and disciplines. These different constructions of reality are essentially commensurable and therefore also translatable because of the common experience of the conditio humana. The only limits to translatability, whether between cultures, languages or disciplines, are set by the limits of human communication. By clearly defining the translation paradigm, the author makes it possible to explain the commensurability of all languages within the concept of the indissoluble unity of theory and practice.

Details

Pages
358
Year
2004
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631520857
Language
English
Keywords
Übersetzung Theorie Evolutionstheorie Popper, Karl Quine, Willard van Orman Lorenz, Konrad Unbestimmtheit der Übersetzung Darwin, Charles Linguistischer Relativismus
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2004. 358 pp.

Biographical notes

Michèle Cooke (Author)

The Author: Michèle Kaiser-Cooke is Associate Professor at the University of Vienna, where she teaches translation and intercultural communication. She is also a freelance translator and terminologist.

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