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| Nature, philosophy: nature is usually defined as the part of reality that was not made or designed by humans. No properties can be attributed to nature. E.g. since contradiction is ultimately a language problem, one can say that nature cannot be contradictory. Not all forms of necessity can be attributed to nature, e.g. non-logical necessity and unnecessary existence. See also de re, de dicto, necessity de re, existence._____________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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Vilém Flusser on Nature - Dictionary of Arguments
Rötzer I 65 Nature/Flusser: Plato, Aristotle: the whole world is plant, nature, alive. (Flusser: That would have been the same as the animal, but then the roots were missing). The question arises as to what the world plant (the cosmos) has grown from. >Plato, >Aristotle, >Nature/Plato, >Nature/Aristotle. Answer: Democritus, Lukrez (maybe Job): it is due to coincidence. Most others agreed that the author used the seed. >Democritus. Rötzer I 66 Aristotle: claimed e.g., that a house could have grown just as well if the Creator had liked to sow a corresponding seed. >Teleology. No ontological distinction between natural and artificial. >Ancient Philosophy. Artificial is merely conveyed by humans. For example, a wooden house is the result of a distorting detour, e.g. a painted house is the result of another detour, a new loop. I 109/110 Nature/Flusser: "You cannot "want to" be natural and want to experience a unio mystica". >Images/Flusser._____________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 |
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