Ratiomorph
Ratiomorph (Latin: ratio 'calculation', 'calculation'; 'consideration', 'reason' and old Greek μορφή morphé 'form', 'shape', together so 'similar to reason') is a term from consciousness research . The adjective describes a preconscious tacit knowledge or behavior that does not arise from reflected rational thinking, but is similar to it. The term “ratiomorphic apparatus” was coined by Egon Brunswik .
It is used, among others, by Rupert Riedl in his remarks on evolutionary epistemology . He calls it the hereditary guidance of our reason, in German the healthy, unreflective common sense . He goes on to say about the origins: The evolution lists therefore speak of a ratiomorphic (reason-like) apparatus given to the individual gain in knowledge, which is given to our intellect to master life problems. We understand its creation as well as its conformity with the world as a product of adaptation.
Wolfgang Butzkamm defines: With "ratiomorph" we designate all those achievements in the area of the living, in which information from the environment as well as from the own inner world of the organism is received and processed without a conscious reason being involved. Konrad Lorenz calls him the "innate teacher".
Ratiomorph is e.g. B. the ability to walk upright (which we do not have to think about) or the universal grammar according to Chomsky , the "built-in" ability to master the basic structures of a language.
Web links
- Definition on fachportal-paedagogik.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ E. Brunswik: "Ratiomorphic" models of perception and thinking. In: Acta Psychologica. 11, 1955, pp. 108-109.
- ^ R. Riedl: Culture: Late ignition of evolution? Answers to questions about evolution and epistemology. Piper, Munich 1987, pp. 187, 197
- ^ R. Riedl: Culture: Late ignition of evolution? Answers to questions about evolution and epistemology. Piper, Munich 1987, p. 82
- ^ R. Riedl: Culture: Late ignition of evolution? Answers to questions about evolution and epistemology. Piper, Munich 1987, p. 266
- ^ Quote from Language and Knowledge by Wolfgang Butzkamm from Philosophia naturalis . Volume 23, Issue 3, 1986