Translation and metaphysics: a case for fictional characters

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2020v40n1p110

Resumen

If different translations of the same literary work have different syntaxes and semantics, how are they supposed to be about one and the same fictional character? In order to answer this question it’s necessary to (a) know what fictional characters are and (b) present reference conditions for them. Relying on Amie Thomasson’s (1999, 2003, 2007) and Saul Kripke’s (1980, 2013) works I argue that fictional characters are abstract artifacts whose reference is fixed by the baptism performed by an author; and that the identity of a fictional character is preserved due to the maintenance of the same chain of reference. Finally, I show how translators maintain the chain of reference initiated by the author of a given work and how consequently a fictional character remains the same abstract artifact throughout different translations.

Biografía del autor/a

Italo Lins Lemos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina,

Doutorando em Filosofia na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) com período sanduíche em Dartmouth College nos Estados Unidos. Na UFSC fui tutor das disciplinas de Filosofia da Educação (2015), Estágio Supervisionado de Ensino de Filosofia II (2016), Teoria do Conhecimento (2017), Lógica I (2018) e História da Filosofia III (2018) na modalidade de Ensino a Distância. Além disso, fui coordenador dos grupos de estudos Hume (2015-2017) e Filosofia da Ficção (2017-2018) e editor da Revista Eletrônica PERI (2015-2018). Desenvolvo pesquisas em Filosofia nas áreas de Metafísica Analítica, Filosofia da Linguagem e História da Filosofia Moderna com ênfase nos seguintes temas: metafísica dos objetos ficcionais, teorias da referência e nomes vazios, filosofia de David Hume

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2020-01-22

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Lemos, I. L. (2020). Translation and metaphysics: a case for fictional characters. Cadernos De Tradução, 40(1), 110–126. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2020v40n1p110

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