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World: The expression "world" refers to the entirety of existence, including the physical universe, diverse cultures, societies, and natural phenomena. It represents the interconnectedness within the cosmos, offering a perspective on the tangible and intangible aspects of existence. See also Totality, Existence, Reality, World/thinking.
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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 World - Dictionary of Arguments

Baraldi I 205f
World/Luhmann: from the perspective of an observer the world is the unity of the difference between system and environment.
>Observation/Operation/Luhmann
, >Reality/Luhmann, >Environment/Talcott Parsons, >Systems theory.
As a unity it can never be observed. It is the blind spot of each observer.
>Blind spot.
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Reese-Schäfer II 41
Def World/Luhmann/Reese-Schäfer: the world is the last horizon all meaning. The world is related to sense as environment is related to a system. - It is an open term for all that is opposed to the mind. - But not the universe. - There is no wholeness.
Cf. >Horizon.

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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

Baraldi I
C. Baraldi, G.Corsi. E. Esposito
GLU: Glossar zu Luhmanns Theorie sozialer Systeme Frankfurt 1997

Reese-Schäfer II
Walter Reese-Schäfer
Luhmann zur Einführung Hamburg 2001


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