Abstract
This chapter seeks to extricate and explicate the unique vocabulary that was consolidated by the realistic phenomenologist Hedwig Conrad-Martius (HCM) in her establishing book Realontologie (HCM, 1923). Among the concepts are: “Essence” (Wesenheit), “Bearer” (Träger), Selfness (Selbsthaftigkeit), Capability (Können), Tangentiality (Tangierbarkeit), Corporeality (Leibhaftigkeit), Internality, “Quiet”, Fullness (Fülle), Depth (Tiefe), divisibility (Teilbarkeit), Abyss (Abgrund; Ungrund), and others. HCM does not always coin them as distinguished concepts, but they function as philosophical concepts due to the meaning she pours into them and the way she uses them. The author suggests that these terms can inaugurate the realistic discourse on reality, which is noticeably almost absent in the modern philosophy that has been almost sweepingly conquered by the literal and advanced idealistic discourse. Moreover, this realistic vocabulary is one of the greatest contributions of HCM to modern philosophy.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Pages | 193-213 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
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| State | Published - 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences |
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| Volume | 8 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2523-8760 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2523-8779 |
Bibliographical note
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