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Recognition, philosophy: the ability of a conscious subject to identify a pattern that has already been received by this subject. This ability is no knowledge-how and no quale, since there is no particular way of experience that all the cases of recognition have in common. However, the ability to recognize certain features can be learned, but this is actually an identification and no recognition. See also memory, qualia, knowledge-how, knowledge, computation, identification, individuation, similarity, equality._____________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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Protagoras on Recognition - Dictionary of Arguments
Taureck I 98 Recognition/World/Protagoras/Taureck: Thesis: The human is the measure of all things. (Sentence "M", "Homo mensura sentence"). "The human is the measurement for all things, the being that they are, the not being that they are not." Other translation: "... a human, ... as they are." Interpretation at first sight: recognition, truth, the good and beauty are anthropologically understandable. > Relativity of knowledge. See also >Relativism. I 99 HobbesVsProtagoras: (Leviathan, 1651): "human" describes the source of all errors. >Human/Hobbes. BaconVsProtagoras: (1561-1626): the assertion that the human sense is the measure of all things is inaccurate. The human mind resembles a mirror which does not reflect the rays uniformly, but mixes its nature into things and distorts them. >Bacon. Protagoras/Taureck: there is no indication that Protagoras himself had somehow understood his sentence critically. I 100 Protagoras: I know nothing about the gods, the secrecy and the brevity of life hinders me. Taureck I 101 Sextus Empiricus: (150 - ~ 250) explains why the skeptics were not seeing Protagoras as one of them: + ... confused "metron" with criterion ... >Sextus Empiricus. I 104 Protagoras: Paradoxes of the senses and minds: the senses speak to the mind: "Unhappy mind, you take the certifications of us with which you revive us. Your refutation is your downfall."_____________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. |
Protagoras Taureck I B. H.F. Taureck Die Sophisten Hamburg 1995 |