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Episteme

English translation: episteme

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German term or phrase:Episteme
English translation:episteme
Entered by: Leander1

08:56 Nov 28, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy
German term or phrase: Episteme
Context:
"Die Mitglieder der Gruppe stammen aus den Fächern Kunstgeschichte, Germanistik, Film- und Theaterwissenschaft. Sie sind durch das Forschungsinteresse an den ästhetischen und medialen Umwertungen verbunden, welche die Effekte und Erscheinungen von Oberflächen rund um die bürgerliche *Episteme* der Tiefe erfahren haben."
Leander1
Switzerland
Local time: 12:23
episteme
Explanation:
...rather more than a paradign. See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episteme

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-11-28 09:04:22 GMT)
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-paradign + paradigm

"Foucault uses the term épistème to refer to the total set of relations within a particular historical period uniting the discursive practices which generate its epistemologies." From ""Semiotics for Beginners" at
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem-gloss.html
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Ian M-H (X)
United States
Local time: 06:23
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Just right! Thanks!
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episteme


Explanation:
...rather more than a paradign. See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episteme

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-11-28 09:04:22 GMT)
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-paradign + paradigm

"Foucault uses the term épistème to refer to the total set of relations within a particular historical period uniting the discursive practices which generate its epistemologies." From ""Semiotics for Beginners" at
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem-gloss.html

Ian M-H (X)
United States
Local time: 06:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Just right! Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steven Sidore: this is a common term in academic circles
43 mins
agree  Lancashireman
1 hr
agree  Rebecca Garber
5 hrs
agree  Michele Fauble
10 hrs
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