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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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Leo Strauss on Prejudice - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 275 Prejudice/Leo Strauss/Gadamer: The German word seems - like the French "prejugé", but even more decidedly - to have been limited by the Enlightenment and its criticism of religion to the meaning of "unfounded judgment". Prejudice/Leo Strauss: "The word "prejudice" is the most appropriate expression for the great will of the Enlightenment, for the will to free, unbiased examination; prejudice is the unambiguous polemical correlate of the all too ambiguous word "freedom".(1) >Prejudice/Gadamer. 1. Leo Strauss, Die Religionskritik Spinozas, S. 163_____________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. |
StraussDFr I David Friedrich Strauss Der alte und der neue Glaube Hamburg 2012 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 |