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French or German; French facticité, from German Faktizität, from Factum [[fact]], from [[Latin]] factum | French or German; French facticité, from German Faktizität, from Factum [[fact]], from [[Latin]] factum | ||
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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
1 : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being a [[fact]] | 1 : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being a [[fact]] | ||
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'''Facticity''' (French: facticité, German: Faktizität) has a multiplicity of [[meanings]] from "factuality" and "[[contingency]]" to the intractable conditions of [[human]] [[existence]]. | '''Facticity''' (French: facticité, German: Faktizität) has a multiplicity of [[meanings]] from "factuality" and "[[contingency]]" to the intractable conditions of [[human]] [[existence]]. | ||
− | The term is first used by [ | + | The term is first used by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichte Fichte] and has a [[variety]] of [[meanings]]. It can refer to [[facts]] and factuality, as in nineteenth-century [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism positivism], but comes to mean that which resists explanation and [[interpretation]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilthey Dilthey] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Kantianism Neo-Kantianism]. The Neo-Kantians contrasted facticity with ideality, as does [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas Jürgen Habermas] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Facts_and_Norms Between Facts and Norms] (Faktizität und Geltung). It is a term that takes on a more specialized [[meaning]] in 20th century [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_philosophy continental philosophy], especially in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenology_(philosophy) phenomenology] and [[existentialism]]. |
[[Category: Philosophy]] | [[Category: Philosophy]] |
Latest revision as of 23:56, 12 December 2020
Etymology
French or German; French facticité, from German Faktizität, from Factum fact, from Latin factum
- Date: 1945
Definition
1 : the quality or state of being a fact
Description
Facticity (French: facticité, German: Faktizität) has a multiplicity of meanings from "factuality" and "contingency" to the intractable conditions of human existence.
The term is first used by Fichte and has a variety of meanings. It can refer to facts and factuality, as in nineteenth-century positivism, but comes to mean that which resists explanation and interpretation in Dilthey and Neo-Kantianism. The Neo-Kantians contrasted facticity with ideality, as does Jürgen Habermas in Between Facts and Norms (Faktizität und Geltung). It is a term that takes on a more specialized meaning in 20th century continental philosophy, especially in phenomenology and existentialism.