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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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Enlightenment on Prejudice - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 275 Prejudice/Enlightenment/Gadamer: There is (...) very well also a prejudice of the Enlightenment, which carries and determines its nature: This fundamental prejudice of the Enlightenment is the prejudice against prejudices in general and thus the disempowerment of tradition. An analysis of the history of concepts shows that it is only through the Enlightenment that the concept of prejudice finds the negative accentuation to which we are accustomed. >Prejudice/Gadamer. Unfoundedness: the German word [Vorurteil] seems to have been limited by the Enlightenment and its criticism of religion to the meaning of "unfounded judgement"(1) Enlightenment: In the eyes of the Enlightenment, the lack of a statement of reasons does not leave room for other ways of validity, but means that the judgment has no substantive reason, i.e. is "unfounded". GadamerVsEnlightenment: This is a real conclusion in the spirit of rationalism. The discrediting of prejudices in general and the claim of scientific knowledge to eliminate them completely is based on it. Gadamer I 276 [The] doctrine of prejudices developed by the Enlightenment (...) [brings] the following basic division of prejudices: a distinction must be made between the prejudice of human prestige and that of haste.(2) This division has its origin in the origin of prejudices with regard to the persons who hold them. It is either the prestige of others, their authority, which leads us to make mistakes, or the haste in oneself. The fact that authority is a source of prejudice agrees with the well-known principle of the Enlightenment, as Kant put it: "Have the courage to use your own intellect. >I. Kant. 1. Leo Strauss, Die Religionskritik Spinozas, p. 163 2. Praeiudicium auctorltatls et preclpltantiae: As Christian Thomasius already said in his lectiones de praeiudiciis (1689/90) and his "Introduction of the Doctrine of Reason c. 13, SS 39/ 40. Cf. the article in Walch, Philosophisches Lexikon (1726), p. 2794ff. 3. In the beginning of his essay: »Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?«_____________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. |
Enlightenment 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 2024-04-19