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Definition of Givenness
1. Noun. The quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed.
Derivative terms: Given
Definition of Givenness
1. Noun. The fact of being given or posited in an argument, hypothesis etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Givenness
Literary usage of Givenness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered by Hans Driesch (1908)
"The Character of givenness: the It The last window into the absolute is the
contingency of immediate givenness and the immanent coherence of the single ..."
2. Essays & Addresses on the Philosophy of Religion by Friedrich Hügel, Friedrich H̀eugel (1921)
"... to the givenness of the lichen, of the bee and bird, on to the immensely
greater givenness of the human spirit, and (contrasting with, yet sustaining, ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"The same criticism is applicable to all such assertions as that "facts are opaque,"
that at bottom there is only "mere fact and givenness," that "of ..."
4. The German Soul in Its Attitude Towards Ethics and Christianity, the State by Friedrich Hügel (1916)
"... of the Christian religion—its givenness, and in the apostolic band, not
self-chosen nor popularly chosen, but chosen by the one, earthly, visible Jesus. ..."
5. The New Idealism by May Sinclair (1922)
"1 He objects to the word datum, used so freely by the other critical realists,
because "it suggests that the givenness is given along with the thing," in ..."
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