aria di famiglia

English translation: family likeness/resemblance

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Italian term or phrase:aria di famiglia
English translation:family likeness/resemblance
Entered by: simon tanner

10:38 Dec 17, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / history of religions
Italian term or phrase: aria di famiglia
This one really has me stumped. At first thought it could be a typo for 'area', but not even sure that helps

the context:
Sulla base del metodo storico-critico è poi possibile ricuperare la nozione di “etnocentrismo critico”, che consente di reintrodurre l’apparato concettuale occidentale, compresa la nozione di religione (magari intesa in un senso debole, tramite concetti come quello di analogia e quello di ***aria di famiglia***).

Thanks again
Simon
simon tanner
Italy
Local time: 18:48
family likeness
Explanation:
The Notion of "religion" in Comparative Research: Selected ... - Risultati da Google Libridi International Association for the History of ... - 1994 - Religion - 921 pagine
Rationalism | Religion | Congresses Religion Congresses Religion ... "Polythetic classification" resembles the **family likeness** approach in that it holds ...
books.google.it/books?isbn=8870628523...

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http://books.google.it/books?id=4AKV1PK8bxcC&pg=PA833&lpg=PA...

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In translations of Wittgenstein's works, his term, Familienähnlichkeit is variously translated as both "family resemblance" and "family likeness" with, often, both versions appearing in the same English translation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_resemblance
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Science451
Italy
Local time: 18:48
Grading comment
thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6family likeness
Science451
3 +1familarity
Raffaella Panigada
3 +1resemblance / family resemblance
Shera Lyn Parpia
3running in the family
Manuela Dal Castello
3family
Paul O'Brien


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


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running in the family


Explanation:
I think they just mean "something familiar", e.g. the Christmas tree or the crib...

Manuela Dal Castello
Italy
Local time: 18:48
Native speaker of: Italian
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
familarity


Explanation:
Could this be it?

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Sorry: familIarity

Raffaella Panigada
Switzerland
Local time: 18:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Toffolon (X)
32 mins
  -> Grazie, Barbara :-)
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
family


Explanation:
i suppose referring to religion in terms of concepts such as analogy and family.

Paul O'Brien
Argentina
Local time: 13:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
family likeness


Explanation:
The Notion of "religion" in Comparative Research: Selected ... - Risultati da Google Libridi International Association for the History of ... - 1994 - Religion - 921 pagine
Rationalism | Religion | Congresses Religion Congresses Religion ... "Polythetic classification" resembles the **family likeness** approach in that it holds ...
books.google.it/books?isbn=8870628523...

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Note added at 22 mins (2008-12-17 11:01:33 GMT)
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http://books.google.it/books?id=4AKV1PK8bxcC&pg=PA833&lpg=PA...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-12-17 12:40:41 GMT)
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In translations of Wittgenstein's works, his term, Familienähnlichkeit is variously translated as both "family resemblance" and "family likeness" with, often, both versions appearing in the same English translation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_resemblance

Science451
Italy
Local time: 18:48
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James (Jim) Davis: Family resemblance (German Familienähnlichkeit [1]) is a philosophical idea proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, with the most well known exposition being given in the posthumously published book Philosophical Investigations (1953) [2].
1 hr
  -> thanks!

agree  Dana Rinaldi
2 hrs
  -> grazie!

agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA: Same thing I found in Rizzoli Larousse Grande.
2 hrs
  -> grazie!

agree  Peter Cox: family resemblance
4 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Rossella Mainardis
4 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Carla Monticelli
5 hrs
  -> thanks
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
resemblance / family resemblance


Explanation:
see for example:

http://www.citeulike.org/group/1788/article/1677988
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/mtsr/2000/000000...
point 2.1 of this one:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~hexham/courses/courses-2008/rels-205...




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another interesting link
http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:IiCHRlRLxpEJ:www.anselm...

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 18:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks for your help, Shera Lyn


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James (Jim) Davis: Family resemblance (German Familienähnlichkeit [1]) is a philosophical idea proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, with the most well known exposition being given in the posthumously published book Philosophical Investigations (1953) [2].
23 mins
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