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science objectivante

English translation: objectivizing science


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French term or phrase:science objectivante
English translation:objectivizing science
Entered by: Susannah Bayley
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11:28 Oct 25, 2010
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Science - Science (general) / Philosophy
French term or phrase: science objectivante
I think I know what this means, its scientifical science, but the exact equivalent? Thanks
Susannah Bayley
France
Local time: 23:39
objectivizing science
Explanation:
This is from the English translation of Truth and Method by H-G Gadamer, an author who explored the 'objectivity' of science and how it 'objectivizes' our perception of the world helping us go beyond the subjective 'horizon' of experience. I've used the English translation as reference for two translation jobs I did for a Romanian publisher.

- Consequently, objectivizing science regards the linguisticality of the natural experience of the world as a source of prejudices. With its methods of precise mathematical measurement the new science, as we learn from the example of Bacon, had to make room for its own constructs by directly opposing the prejudice of language and its naive teleology.

http://books.google.ro/books?id=0Jm2P3di32YC&dq=objectivizin...
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· george ·
Local time: 00:39
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This was very helpful and applied exactly to my text. Thanks very much indeed.
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· george ·
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objectifying science


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mimi 254
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
objectivizing science


Explanation:
This is from the English translation of Truth and Method by H-G Gadamer, an author who explored the 'objectivity' of science and how it 'objectivizes' our perception of the world helping us go beyond the subjective 'horizon' of experience. I've used the English translation as reference for two translation jobs I did for a Romanian publisher.

- Consequently, objectivizing science regards the linguisticality of the natural experience of the world as a source of prejudices. With its methods of precise mathematical measurement the new science, as we learn from the example of Bacon, had to make room for its own constructs by directly opposing the prejudice of language and its naive teleology.

http://books.google.ro/books?id=0Jm2P3di32YC&dq=objectivizin...

· george ·
Local time: 00:39
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This was very helpful and applied exactly to my text. Thanks very much indeed.

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Oct 25, 2010 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field (write-in)(none) => Philosophy


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