Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
menschlichen Handelns und Denkens
English translation:
human agency and thought
Added to glossary by
Fantutti (X)
Mar 8, 2005 06:40
19 yrs ago
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German term
menschlichen Handelns und Denkens
German to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
The context: Kultur bezieht sich vielmehr auf den symbolischen Charakter des menschlichen Handelns und Denkens. Dieser symbolische Kulturbegriff macht deutlich, dass menschliches Denken und Handeln immer in einem gesellschaftlichen Kontext stattfindet, der historisch spezifisch ist.
human actions and thinking?
human actions and thinking?
Proposed translations
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| 4 | Human agency and thought |
Fantutti (X)
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| 4 +6 | human thought and behaviour |
Terence Ajbro
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| 4 +2 | human actions and thought |
Barbara Cashin (X)
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| 3 +1 | human acting and thinking |
Anne Schulz
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Proposed translations
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Selected
Human agency and thought
Self/Person/Personal Identity
... "What Is Human Agency?" in The Self: Psychological and Philosophical Issues,
Theodore Mischel, ... German translation, "Was ist menschliches Handeln? ...
www.philosophy.ucf.edu/pit.html
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-03-08 07:22:24 GMT)
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Und die Philosophie der Moderne ist Kant vielfach in der Auffassung gefolgt, dass **menschliches Handeln, Erkennen und Denken** - und nur dieses - sich wesentlich im Spielraum von richtig und falsch vollzieht.
www.uni-hildesheim.de/eviancolloquium/thema.html
And modern philosophy, in a variety of ways, has followed Kant in holding the view that **human agency, knowledge, and thought** - and only these - take place essentially within a context that is intelligible as right or wrong.
... "What Is Human Agency?" in The Self: Psychological and Philosophical Issues,
Theodore Mischel, ... German translation, "Was ist menschliches Handeln? ...
www.philosophy.ucf.edu/pit.html
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-03-08 07:22:24 GMT)
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Und die Philosophie der Moderne ist Kant vielfach in der Auffassung gefolgt, dass **menschliches Handeln, Erkennen und Denken** - und nur dieses - sich wesentlich im Spielraum von richtig und falsch vollzieht.
www.uni-hildesheim.de/eviancolloquium/thema.html
And modern philosophy, in a variety of ways, has followed Kant in holding the view that **human agency, knowledge, and thought** - and only these - take place essentially within a context that is intelligible as right or wrong.
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+1
4 mins
human acting and thinking
sounds better than "action" and thinking"
Peer comment(s):
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BrigitteHilgner
: my spontaneous idea, too.
1 hr
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| neutral |
Francis Lee (X)
: "human acting" klingt, als würden Menschen vor Affen Theater spielen
2 hrs
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na und - stimmt das etwa nicht?
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+2
58 mins
human actions and thought
would be my first instinct - and gets a lot of hits on a search
+6
1 hr
Terence Ajbro
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Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
human thought and behaviour
another option.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
milinad
14 mins
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| agree |
Gabrielle Lyons
: behaviour and thought?
44 mins
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| agree |
Armorel Young
: you are right to reverse the order of Denken and Handeln - it flows much better your way. I'd go for "thought and action" though.
1 hr
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| agree |
Francis Lee (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
Lori Dendy-Molz
: with Armorel
1 hr
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| agree |
Laura Terrett
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