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| Prejudice: Prejudice is a pre-formed opinion or attitude that is not based on reason or evidence. It can be caused by personal biases, cultural influences, or a lack of understanding. See also Actions, Rationality, Reason, Evidence, Understanding, Cultural tradition._____________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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Friedrich Schleiermacher on Prejudice - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 283 Prejudice/Schleiermacher/Gadamer: Schleiermacher [writes] that he distinguishes between bias and haste as causes of misunderstanding(1). Cf. >Prejudice/Enlightenment, >Prejudice/Gadamer. [Schleiermacher] puts the permanent prejudices of bias next to the current misjudgements of haste (>Prejudice/Descartes). But only the former are interested in the scientific methodology. GadamerVsSchleiermacher: The fact that among the prejudices that fill those in authority, there can also be those who have truth - and this was inherent in the concept of authority - does not even occur to Schleiermacher. His modification of the traditional classification of prejudices documents the completion of the Enlightenment. Bias now only means an individual barrier to understanding: "The one-sided preference for what is close to the individual circle of ideas"(1). Gadamer: In truth, however, the decisive question is hidden under the concept of bias. The fact that the prejudices that determine me originate from my bias is itself already judged from the standpoint of its dissolution and enlightenment and applies only to unjustified prejudices. Even if there are also justified prejudices that are productive for knowledge, the problem of authority returns for us. The radical consequences of the Enlightenment, which are also contained in Schleiermacher's methodological beliefs, are not tenable in this way. 1. Schleiermacher Werke I, 7, S. 31_____________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. |
Schleiermacher, Friedrich Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-20