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Understanding: the ability to give reasons for a distinction or to justify a selection of options. For the understanding of signs and words plays a role, whether one can connect an object with the word or sign, as well as whether one can replace the sign or word with another sign or word. In order to understand full sentences, the context must be grasped as well. A point of contention is whether knowing the truth conditions gives the sentence its meaning. In other words Whether there is the knowledge about what should be if the sentence were true. If that is correct, there is no need to know whether the sentence is true (cf. M. Dummett, Ursprünge der analytischen Philosophie Frankfurt 1992, p. 20). See also substitution, truth conditions, knowledge.
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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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Niklas Luhmann on Understanding - Dictionary of Arguments

AU Cass 12
Understanding/LuhmannVsHabermas: Understanding is already included in the communication. Otherwise, you would need the recipient as a disciplinary authority.
>Understanding/Habermas
, >Agreement/Habermas, >Communication/Luhmann, >Communication/Habermas, >Communication theory/Habermas, >Communicative action/Habermas.
LuhmannVsSpeech Act Theory: if understanding is part of the communication, you do not need to introduce different types of speech acts (e.g. strategic, communication-oriented, etc.).
>Speech act theory/Luhmann.
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AU Cass 13
Understanding/action/Communication/Luhmann: LuhmannVsAction Theory: we must always begin with understanding.
The communication generates in the first place in its component "understanding" the division of information and communication that makes it understanding. Without understanding we only have behavior.
Understanding includes itself. - It understands that it will be understood - it understands that it is about the condition of participation in the communication, not just about a piece of world.
That sounds psychologically, but it is about the communication itself.
>Communication/Luhmann, >Operation/Luhmann, >Language/Luhmann.

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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.

AU I
N. Luhmann
Introduction to Systems Theory, Lectures Universität Bielefeld 1991/1992
German Edition:
Einführung in die Systemtheorie Heidelberg 1992

Lu I
N. Luhmann
Die Kunst der Gesellschaft Frankfurt 1997


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