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Illusion
(664 words)
[German Version]
General: The German word
Illusion originally meant criticism of art as a mental delusion (Plato); in the 17th and 18th centuries, it came to denote
trompe l'oeil art. In English
illusion in the sense of “deceptive appearance” came into use in the 14th century.
Criticism of Metaphysics: British empiricism (I) employed
illusions pejoratively in the sense of “erroneous notions.” T. Hobbes blamed the devil for the illusory allegorical misinterpretation of Scripture. J. Locke attacked illusion in the sense of imagination and poetry, an…
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Religion Past and Present
Contingency
(1,312 words)
[German Version] I. Chance vs. Contingency – II. Accident vs. Essence – III. Chance vs. Order – IV. Paradigms of Chance
I. Chance vs. Contingency Chance (Contingency/Chance) and contingency are among the theologically significant constructs of conceptual history. The word
contingency derives from Lat.
contingere (translating συμβαίνειν/
symbainein or ¶ ένδέχεσϑαι/
endechesthai, first used by Marius Victorinus);
chance derives through Old French from Lat.
cadere, “fall/befall” and
accident from
accidere/accidentia, with the German loan-translation
Zufall first used…
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Religion Past and Present
Semantics
(2,027 words)
[German Version]
I. Linguistics and Literary Studies The problem of the meaning and significance of expressions, linguistic signs, and words has arisen explicitly every time the topic of language has been addressed, at least since the time of Socrates and the Sophistic school (Plato,
Cratylus). In antiquity there was still ¶ debate over whether signs had their meaning “by nature” or “by convention”; today it is generally held that meaning is the product of sociocultural convention or common usage. Semantics, the theory of the meaning of words, i…
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Religion Past and Present
Interaction
(1,248 words)
[German Version] I. Philosophy of Religion – II. Ethics – III. Practical Theology
I. Philosophy of Religion To begin the interpretation of society and religion with the notion of interaction means to assume a basis of action. Fundamental forms of interaction are, for example, cooperation, exchange, conflict and competition, or, according to F.D.E. Schleiermacher, identical and individual symbolization and organization. Problems of interaction occur when the rules of interaction are questionable. A monadic the…
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Religion Past and Present
Creativity
(1,697 words)
[German Version] I. Philosophy of Religion – II. Dogmatics – III. Ethics – IV. Practical Theology – V. Psychology
I. Philosophy of Religion Creativity became an issue in the Judeo-Christian context with regard to the Creator. In contrast to the Platonic demiurge or to the Aristotelian unmoved mover, the triune God is creative. The (re-)assigning of creativity to the human being should be understood against this background. It applies to the human only in a limited way. From the perspective of the philosophy of religion, creativity exhibits different accentuat…
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Religion Past and Present
Ideology
(2,041 words)
[German Version] I. Philosophy – II. Sociology of Knowledge
I. Philosophy
1. The meaning of the word
ideology cannot be separated from its historical use (a) as an epistemological term denoting a general theory of perceptions, ideas, and notions (ideo-logy), and (b) as a politico-philosophical term denoting a general critique of knowledge, an analysis intended to clear up false or distorted forms and objects of cognition (Ideological criticism). Although the origin of these two sides of
ideology is usually traced to F. Bacon, Francis's discussion of “idols,” its theor…
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Religion Past and Present