Translations for „givenness“ in the English » German Dictionary

givenness N

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givenness PHILOS

Gegebensein nt spec

givenness PHILOS

Gegebenheit f spec

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English

Givenness, contrastiveness, definiteness, subjects, topics, and point of view.

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The basic notions of information structure are focus, givenness, and topic, as well as their complementary notions of background, newness, and comment respectively.

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A major theme in his writings is the effort to recover the givenness of reality and the sovereignty of the object in order to develop a common-sense approach to philosophy.

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