Leibnizova kontingencia nie je náhoda ani nahodilost
Conceptual exactitude is one of the appanages of philosophical thinking and metaphysical thinking specifically. A slight semantic nuance may, in the case of a particular philosophical concept, lead to inaccuracy of thought. What thinking inaccuracy may then conceptual inaccuracy lead to? The consequ...
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| description | Conceptual exactitude is one of the appanages of philosophical thinking and metaphysical thinking specifically. A slight semantic nuance may, in the case of a particular philosophical concept, lead to inaccuracy of thought. What thinking inaccuracy may then conceptual inaccuracy lead to? The consequences may be exceedingly disturbing unless and until corrections and reinstatements are made. This paper aims to use one translation example to highlight just such an extreme historical blunder in the Czechoslovak philosophical milieu. I will try to indicate, using precisely one of the key concepts of Leibniz’s metaphysics – the Latin contingentia, or the French contingence and its derivatives – that translations of philosophical texts may not be permanently reliable unless they are periodically revisited. The above concept of Leibniz and its mistranslation is a striking example of this. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-722aec129f034e239967d391c3d19df32023-12-21T12:14:17ZcesCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of PhilosophyFilosofický časopis0015-18312570-92322023-11-0171459961810.46854/fc.2023.4r.599Leibnizova kontingencia nie je náhoda ani nahodilostŠkára, MartinConceptual exactitude is one of the appanages of philosophical thinking and metaphysical thinking specifically. A slight semantic nuance may, in the case of a particular philosophical concept, lead to inaccuracy of thought. What thinking inaccuracy may then conceptual inaccuracy lead to? The consequences may be exceedingly disturbing unless and until corrections and reinstatements are made. This paper aims to use one translation example to highlight just such an extreme historical blunder in the Czechoslovak philosophical milieu. I will try to indicate, using precisely one of the key concepts of Leibniz’s metaphysics – the Latin contingentia, or the French contingence and its derivatives – that translations of philosophical texts may not be permanently reliable unless they are periodically revisited. The above concept of Leibniz and its mistranslation is a striking example of this.georg wilhelm leibnizcontingencyworlduniversepossible beinggodmetaphysics |
| spellingShingle | Škára, Martin Leibnizova kontingencia nie je náhoda ani nahodilost Filosofický časopis georg wilhelm leibniz contingency world universe possible being god metaphysics |
| title | Leibnizova kontingencia nie je náhoda ani nahodilost |
| title_full | Leibnizova kontingencia nie je náhoda ani nahodilost |
| title_fullStr | Leibnizova kontingencia nie je náhoda ani nahodilost |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leibnizova kontingencia nie je náhoda ani nahodilost |
| title_short | Leibnizova kontingencia nie je náhoda ani nahodilost |
| title_sort | leibnizova kontingencia nie je nahoda ani nahodilost |
| topic | georg wilhelm leibniz contingency world universe possible being god metaphysics |
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