Responding to the ‘Satz’-challenge: A reply to Martin Stokhof and Jaap van der Does

I here reply to Martin Stokhof and Jaap van der Does’ criticism of my translation of ‘Satz’ as ‘proposition’ in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, arguing that they fail to appreciate the difference between translation and interpretation.

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Nordic Wittgenstein Review
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2025-08-25
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https://doi.org/10.15845/nwr.v14.3737
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Philosophy and History of Science
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Responding to the ‘Satz’-challenge: A reply to Martin Stokhof and Jaap van der Does

Michael Beaney
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Philosophy and History of Science
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Responding to the ‘Satz’-challenge: A reply to Martin Stokhof and Jaap van der Does

Michael Beaney
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I here reply to Martin Stokhof and Jaap van der Does’ criticism of my translation of ‘Satz’ as ‘proposition’ in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, arguing that they fail to appreciate the difference between translation and interpretation.

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Cal Poly Humboldt (US), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
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