Logic, ‘logic’, ‘luójí’, and 邏輯: Zhang Shizhao and the translation of ‘logic’ into Chinese

Michael Beaney; Xiaolan Liang

doi:10.1163/15406253-12340113

Logic, ‘logic’, ‘luójí’, and 邏輯: Zhang Shizhao and the translation of ‘logic’ into Chinese

Michael Beaney^* (Corresponding Author), Xiaolan Liang

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Abstract

In this article we discuss Zhang Shizhao’s famous essay “Lun Fanyi Mingyi〈論翻譯名義〉” (On the Meanings of Names in Translation), which played a key role in establishing what is now the standard translation of ‘logic’ into Chinese, sketching the historical context and analyzing and evaluating the argument he gives for providing a phonemic rather than semantic translation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	298-312
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Chinese Philosophy
Volume	50
Issue number	3
Early online date	14 Nov 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15406253-12340113
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 14 Nov 2023
Event	10th annual conference of the Society for the Study of the History of Analytical Philosophy (SSHAP) - Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China Duration: 6 Jul 2022 → 8 Jul 2022 http://sshap.org/2022/06/sshap-2022-program/

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logic
translation of ‘logic’ into Chinese
Zhang Shizhao
Yan Fu
William Davidson

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