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| Forces: A. In physics, a force is an influence that can change an object's velocity, i.e., to accelerate. Forces are vector quantities, meaning they have both magnitude and direction. - B. In philosophy the discussion ist often about the assertive force. Gottlob Frege argued that assertive force is an essential part of the meaning of a sentence, but that it is distinct from the truth conditions of the sentence. The truth conditions of a sentence determine whether it is true or false, while the assertive force determines what the speaker is doing by uttering the sentence. See also Truth conditions, Meaning, Assertions, Speech acts._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Johann Gustav Droysen on Forces - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 218 Forces/History/Droysen/Gadamer: According to Droysen, too, it is (...) the concept of force in which the border of all speculative historical metaphysics becomes visible. DroysenVsHegel: In this sense Droysen criticizes Hegel's concept of development - much like Ranke - unless an embryonic plant unfolds itself in the course of history. But he defines more sharply what force means here: "With work the forces increase". The moral force of the individual becomes a historical power by being active in working for the great common purposes. It becomes a historical force in so far as the moral sphere is the permanent and powerful element in the course of things. Force is therefore no longer, as with Ranke, an original and immediate manifestation of All-Life (German: "All-Leben"), but is only in such mediation and only through such mediation does it attain historical reality. >History/Droysen, >Freedom/Droysen._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Droys I J. G. Droysen Grundriss der Historik Paderborn 2011 Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28