Self-grounding
Definition
The act or process by which a conceptual system, a philosophical doctrine, a science, or one's own consciousness establishes its own foundations, first principles, or legitimacy, without resorting to external justifications or pre-established postulates. In transcendental idealism and modern metaphysics, the term describes the absolute autonomy of thought or of the Subject which is its own cause and its own ground of formal validity.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Self-grounding
- Self-foundation
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, taking standard plural and genitive-dative inflections. |
| Formation | Compound word formed with the prefixoid 'auto-' and the action noun 'întemeiere' (foundation). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.u.to.ɨn.te.me.ˈje.re] |
| Source | Lexicon of Modern Metaphysics, Speculative Logic, and Transcendental Philosophy |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În studiul său despre idealismul german, profesorul a analizat efortul de autoîntemeiere a sistemului fichtean.
EN: In his study on German idealism, the professor analyzed the effort of self-grounding within the Fichtean system.
RO: Matematica modernă caută o autoîntemeiere logică prin axiome pure care nu depind de realitatea empirică.
EN: Modern mathematics seeks a logical self-foundation through pure axioms that do not depend on empirical reality.
RO: Fenomenologia propune o metodă de autoîntemeiere a cunoașterii pornind direct de la intuiția datelor conștiinței.
EN: Phenomenology proposes a method for the self-grounding of knowledge starting directly from the intuition of consciousness data.
Idioms & Phrases
Principiu de autoîntemeiere / Principle of self-grounding / self-foundational principle
RO: Normă internă a unui sistem teoretic care îi asigură validitatea fără a fi nevoie de validare din partea unui meta-sistem.
EN: An internal norm of a theoretical system that ensures its validity without requiring validation from a meta-system.
Autoîntemeiere a libertății / Self-foundation of freedom
RO: Concept etic conform căruia libertatea umană nu este derivată din legi exterioare, ci se instituie pe sine ca act pur de voință.
EN: An ethical concept according to which human freedom is not derived from external laws, but institutes itself as a pure act of will.
Capacitate de autoîntemeiere / Capacity for self-foundation / self-grounding ability
RO: Proprietate a unei structuri logice sau juridice de a genera reguli de funcționare și criterii de adevăr din interiorul propriului mecanism.
EN: The property of a logical or legal structure to generate operating rules and truth criteria from within its own mechanism.
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