Open AccessLinguoecological approach to capturing concepts: a case study of transparency
Author(s) -
Olena Morozova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
accents and paradoxes of modern philology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2521-6481
DOI - 10.26565/2521-6481-2017-2-3
Subject(s) - immanence , epistemology , transparency (behavior) , sociology , persona , everyday life , aesthetics , deleuze and guattari , event (particle physics) , philosophy , computer science , humanities , computer security , physics , quantum mechanics
Adopting a linguoecological approach to the study of transdisciplinary concepts, we argue that they may take different shape and/or structure, and even change their nature, in agreement with the environment of their functioning, or their scientific landscape (Yu. S. Stepanov), which comprises the event horizon, or the plane of immanence (G. Deleuze, F. Guattari), and the creator of the concept, or the conceptual persona/aesthetic figure (G. Deleuze, F. Guattari). Different types of concepts are differentiated according to the type of their creator (social vs. personal); they are arranged along the scale 'universal–group-specific–personal'. After that a more granular classification of concept types is carried out according to the sphere of their creator's activities (scientific/logical – everyday – philosophical –cultural/aesthetic).Taking the concept transparency as a case, we demonstrate the difference between everyday, scientific, philosophical, and cultural concepts, drawing a distinction 'concepts vs. prospects' as well as 'concepts vs. percepts/affects'.