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- German · calque ofDenkkollektiv
- English todaythought collective
Calque of German Denkkollektiv, with the 1979 publication of an English translation and 1980 reedition of a book of Ludwig Fleck.
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Today it means: Sociological framework conditions in which scientific statements are tailored as language games to become intersubjectively and collectively relevant and conceptualized as facts. Full definition →
Calque of German Denkkollektiv, with the 1979 publication of an English translation and 1980 reedition of a book of Ludwig Fleck.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.