Aggregate (philosophy)
The term aggregate was already analyzed by Aristotle . Since then, it has been used to mark an external connection between elements. It also occurs in connection with the terms substance , mixture, relationship , compound, mechanism .
The term aggregate was significant for GW Leibniz , who called the democritical atoms an aggregate and only accepted the monad as a true atom .
For Immanuel Kant , the aggregate is a coincidental accumulation that the understanding puts together, in contrast to the organic, systematic connection that reason grasps.
As an aggregate, Johann Gottlieb Fichte sees an ideal , conceptual whole as distinct from the real unit, the compound word.
GWF Hegel understands aggregate as a "coincidental and empirical" compilation of the sciences in contrast to the encyclopedia . He calls the people an "aggregate of the private" and the state "an aggregate of the many individuals".
In current philosophical terminology, an aggregate is understood to be a whole made up of parts that are not internally connected, in contrast to the organism or system .
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Schischkoff, Philosophical Dictionary , 22nd edition (1991), ISBN 3-520-01322-3 / Aggregat and Regenbogen / Meyer, Dictionary of Philosophical Terms (2005), ISBN 3-7873-1738-4 / Aggregat