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| Form, philosophy: A. Form traditionally is an antonym of matter or content. Form is the structure or arrangement of something. It is the way that something is organized or composed. Form can be found in art, music, literature, architecture, nature and language. See also statue/clay, exterior/interior, Wholes, Parts, Dualism, Substance, Substrate, Change, Process.
B. In logic it comes to the form in which statements must be expressed in order to allow conclusions. See also Fine-grained/coarse-grained, Completeness, Theories, Systems, Formalism._____________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 Forms - Dictionary of Arguments
Baraldi I 59 Form/medium/Luhmann: medium is characterized through loose coupling of its elements - e.g. sand. Form: tight coupling of the elements - E.g. footprint in the sand. Cf. >Media/Talcott Parsons, >Media/Habermas. --- AU Cass 10 Medium/form/Luhmann: viable systems must be loosely coupled. Sentences: are forms in the medium of language (= vocabulary). >Sentence. Words: form in the medium of sound or visual designs. >Words. Medium/Luhmann: 1. A medium can only be reproduced through morphogenesis - (if you never form sentences, you would forget the words). 2. The medium is more stable than the morphogenesis. Objects can disappear. In the medium we always see something new. - E.g. power as a medium is used to arrange something specific (form). >Power/Talcott Parsons, >System/Luhmann, >Systems theory._____________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 |
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