Etymology

thought collective

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 →

German Denkkollektiv
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  1. German · calque ofDenkkollektiv
  2. 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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