Quine’s Indeterminacy of Translation Thesis
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This paper aims to analyze Quine’s major theories of Indeterminacy of Meaning and Inscrutability of Reference by their definition and appearance, then comments them in daily communication and practical translation activities.
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W.V. Quine’s thesis of the indeterminacy of translation is the theory which launched a thousand doctorates. During the 1970s it sometimes seemed to be as firmly entrenched a dogma among North American philosophers as the existence of God was among medieval theologians. Although now subject to much more by way of critical appraisal, Quine’s work is still, rightly, at the forefront of contemporar...
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