messa in crisi

English translation: to upend or to dispute

20:25 Jul 22, 2015

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science (general) / cosmological theory

Italian term or phrase: messa in crisi

"[T]he putting into crisis of" showed only 6 hits on Google, which leads me to believe there is a more customary manner to express this phrase.

Here's the original Italian context (an introduction to a philosophical atlas on the concept of time, a summary of Twentieth-century philosophers' thoughts on time) (the phrase occurs twice in two successive sentences):

"Principe lascia intravedere come la via del pensiero della complessità e dei sistemi dissipativi sia stata aperta proprio da quella iniziale ***messa in crisi*** della fisica/metafisica classica. Quella relativizzazione dei sistemi di riferimento e ***messa in crisi*** del concetto di invarianza fu l’incipit della fisica quantistica e della teoria della complessità."

My attempts:

"Principe allows one to glimpse how the line of thinking regarding complexity and dissipative systems was opened precisely by that initial putting into crisis of classical physics/metaphsyics. That relativization of the systems of reference and the putting into crisis of the concept of invariance was the beginning of quantum physics and of the complexity theory."

Thank you!

Peter

Peter Waymel KudoZ activity Questions: 489 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 2 Italy
Local time: 08:45

English translation:to upend or to dispute

Explanation:
When a notion or belief is "messa in crisi" (literally, thrown into crisis mode) it means that the its very foundations are questionable.

Selected response from:

NinaBullard
United States
Local time: 02:45

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Summary of answers provided

crisis faced by

James (Jim) Davis

4 +1

to upend or to dispute

NinaBullard

challenge to/challenging of/

contesei

Discussion entries: 1

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7 hrs confidence:

challenge to/challenging of/

Explanation:
challenge to classical physics/metaphysics...

contesei
Italy
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian

8 hrs confidence:

crisis faced by

Explanation:
initial crisis faced by ....
Each context needs a different approach. Sometimes an italian "crisi" is only really a little difficulty, but Newton's physics was facing big problems.

stata aperta proprio da quella iniziale ***messa in crisi*** della fisica/metafisica classica. Quella relativizzazione dei sistemi di riferimento e ***messa in crisi*** del concetto di invarianza fu l’incipit della fisica quantistica e della teoria della complessità."

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 10:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

1 day 17 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to upend or to dispute

Explanation:
When a notion or belief is "messa in crisi" (literally, thrown into crisis mode) it means that the its very foundations are questionable.

NinaBullard
United States
Local time: 02:45
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

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