thought collective
English edit
Etymology edit
Calque of German Denkkollektiv, with the 1979 publication of an English translation and 1980 reedition of a book of Ludwig Fleck.
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Noun edit
thought collective (plural thought collectives)
- Sociological framework conditions in which scientific statements are tailored as language games to become intersubjectively and collectively relevant and conceptualized as facts.
- Coordinate term: thought style