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Concept: a concept is a term for an entity with certain properties. The properties of an object correspond to the features of the concept. These concept features are necessary in contrast to the properties of an individual object, which are always contingent._____________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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Gaston Bachelard on Concepts - Dictionary of Arguments
Foucault II 9ff Bachelard/Foucault: describes epistemological acts and sthresholds: displacements and transformations of concepts. (Also >Concepts/Canguilhem). [Transformations and deplacements] abolish the unlimited accumulation of knowledge, break its slow maturation and let it enter a new time. They cut it off from its empirical origin and from its initial motivations. They purge them of their imaginary complications. In this way they no longer prescribe to historical analysis the search for the silent beginnings, no longer the endless regression to the first precursors, but rather the discovery of a new type of rationality and its manifold effects. Deplacements and transformations of concepts: Georges Canguilhem's analyses can serve as a model for this. >Order/Canguilhem, >Science/Canguilhem. _____________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. |
Bache I Gaston Bachelard The New Scientific Spirit. Boston 1985 German Edition: Der neue wissenschaftliche Geist Frankfurt/M. 1988 Foucault I M. Foucault Les mots et les choses: Une archéologie des sciences humaines , Paris 1966 - The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences, New York 1970 German Edition: Die Ordnung der Dinge. Eine Archäologie der Humanwissenschaften Frankfurt/M. 1994 Foucault II Michel Foucault l’Archéologie du savoir, Paris 1969 German Edition: Archäologie des Wissens Frankfurt/M. 1981 |