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Progress: Progress is the forward movement towards a desired goal. It can be measured through technological advancement, social change, or personal development. See also Process, Change, Measurements, Learning, Stages of development._____________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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V. Flusser on Progress - Dictionary of Arguments
Rötzer I 62 Progress/Theory/Late Middle Ages/Flusser: there were also places without theory, but they could not participate in the progress linked to the double contradiction: 1. the theoretical view must adapt to the circumstances and 2. hand over models and see what comes out of it. Double contradiction between observation and theory on the one hand and experiment and theory on the other. >Theory, >Observation, >Practice, >Action, >Contradictions, >Experiment, >Method._____________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. |
Fl I V. Flusser Kommunikologie Mannheim 1996 Rötz I F. Rötzer Kunst machen? München 1991 |