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Existence, philosophy, logic: the fact that there is something to which properties can be attributed. That does not mean that something has to be given immediately or can be perceived by the senses. See also ontology, properties, predicates, existence statements, realism, quantification, ascription._____________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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Eleatics on Existence - Dictionary of Arguments
Adorno XIII, 193 Existence/Eleatics/Adorno: the Eleatics have ascribed the same invariability to their concept of being as Democritus to the concept of substance. >Existence/Democritus, >Beginning/Democritus, >Democritus, >Substance. Being/Eleatism/Adorno: in the context of the Eleatics, we take this concept of being more as a mental, than an idea, as a being, at least as a non-material while in Marx the concept of being is actually equated with the substance motif, as in the famous sentence, that the consciousness depends on the being. >Being/Ancient philosophy, >Being/Gadamer, >Marx._____________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. |
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