thought collective

English

Etymology

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

thought collective (plural thought collectives)

1. 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