préhension

English translation: prehension

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French term or phrase:préhension
English translation:prehension
Entered by: DLyons

00:32 Aug 12, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy
French term or phrase: préhension
Philosophy text.

"Le mot est une prehension de prehension, une posession de possessions. Le locuteur d'un enconce n'est pas un Adam mythique qui parle pour la premiere fois. Le mot n'est jamias un mot neutre de la langue."

Right now I have "the word is an apprehension of apprehensions" which is not a great solution. Hoping others might have some other ideas. Thanks!
Charles Vidor
prehension
Explanation:
"An interaction of a subject with an event or entity which involves perception but not necessarily cognition."

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3 +6prehension
DLyons
4prehension
Alexis Pernsteiner
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Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition
rkillings

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prehension
prehension


Explanation:
"An interaction of a subject with an event or entity which involves perception but not necessarily cognition."



DLyons
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agree  Melissa McMahon: It's a term from Whitehead I think/Whitehead coined it but obviously used elsewhere - in any case, the translation remains the same!
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  -> Thanks Melissa. Or Broad?

agree  Verginia Ophof
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  -> Merci Verginia.

agree  KLamTranslation: The meaning is clear.
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  -> Thanks KLamTranslation.

agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Same in English. Term used in philo but also in child development.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Nikki. Used also in early Zoology texts (in a more concrete sense).

agree  B D Finch
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  -> Thnaks Barbara.

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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  -> Thanks Gallagy.
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prehension


Explanation:
From the Latin for "to grasp".
2 definitions in Merriam-Webster, the first getting at its more literal sense, the second conveys what I think you'd want here:
1 : the act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping (as with the hand); specifically : the conveyance of food or drink into the mouth
2
a : mental apprehension
b : an apprehension that may or may not be cognitive

Alexis Pernsteiner
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Reference: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition

Reference information:
Indeed, Melissa.

1925 A. N. Whitehead Sci. & Mod. World (1926) iv. 97 The word ‘perceive’ is, in our common usage, shot through and through with the notion of cognitive apprehension. So is the word ‘apprehension’, even with the adjective cognitive omitted. I will use the word ‘prehension’ for uncognitive apprehension: by this I mean apprehension which may or may not be cognitive.  

Otherwise, the word lives on only in zoology; cf. monkeys and prehensile tails. :)

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