The Satz-Challenge: A Note on Michael Beaney’s Translation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus
This short note discusses a particular aspect of Michael Beaney’s translation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, viz., the translation of the German term “Satz”, and argues that Beaney’s choice to uniformly translate “Satz” as “proposition” obscures key elements of the Tractarian concept of meaning.
Authors
- Martin Stokhof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8966-8095)
- J. van der Does
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nordic Wittgenstein Review
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15845/nwr.v14.3704
- Primary Topic
- Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00