Translation as a Meta-Ontological Condition of Being: From Transcendental Analysis to Translational Ontology

This repository contains the preprint version (Version 1.0, January 2026) of the paper: “Translation as a Meta-Ontological Condition of Being: From Transcendental Analysis to Translational Ontology” The paper addresses the persistent plurality of contemporary ontological frameworks and argues that such plurality is not a theoretical failure but an ontological fact requiring meta-ontological explanation. Drawing on the formal structure of transcendental philosophy, particularly the Kantian analysis of conditions of possibility, it develops a meta-ontological framework that investigates the conditions under which multiple ontologies can be constituted. Through a comparative analysis of major ontological approaches, the paper identifies a shared structural feature: being is always constituted under specific conditions that mediate its mode of appearance. From this structure, the concept of translation is derived as a necessary ontological operation, understood not as a linguistic or semantic process but as a mediating condition between heterogeneous ontological frameworks. This work provides the meta-ontological foundation for a broader research program on translational ontology, including applications to consciousness and cognitive systems. This preprint has not been peer-reviewed.