theoreticity

English

Etymology

From theoretic +‎ -ity.

Noun

theoreticity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being theoretic.

   Synonyms: theoreticality, theoreticalness

   • 1979, Alvin W[ard] Gouldner, “Thesis Fifteen: The Political Context”, in The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class: A Frame of Reference, Theses, Conjectures, Arguments, and an Historical Perspective on the Role of Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in the International Class Contest of the Modern Era (The Dark Side of the Dialectic, 2; A Continuum Book), New York, N.Y.: The Seabury Press, →ISBN, page 86:

     Marxism is critical discourse retained as a sword against the status quo, against the old class. Turned outward only, it is a half compliance with the culture of critical discourse. But it strives to elude theoreticity and abstract formalism, and with this has won a third of the world.

   • 1991, Ben Agger, “Introduction: Critical Theory Goes Public”, in A Critical Theory of Public Life: Knowledge, Discourse and Politics in an Age of Decline (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and Education), London: The Falmer Press, →ISBN, page 15:

     Critical theory in trying to restore the public sphere must not renounce its theoreticity. The world is complex and must be theorized complexly. The postmodern aversion to theory is symptomatic of a stupid age.

   • 1997, Chung-ying Cheng, “The origins of Chinese philosophy”, in Brian Carr, Indira Mahalingam, editors, Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part IV (Chinese philosophy), page 494:

     In fact, in order to understand the origins of a philosophy or a philosophical tradition effectively, we have to face the following questions: What are the fundamental concepts or categories of that philosophical tradition? In which theoretical contexts are they asserted or presented? What is the underlying view of reality which leads to or is presupposed in the philosophical understanding or assertion? What is the guiding methodology or way of thinking for the philosophical idea or ideas? Finally, what kind of cultural experiences or ideals define or give rise to this way of thinking or this way of forming a view? These questions define our three senses of ‘origins’ in a reverse order, namely historicity, practicality and theoreticity.

Translations

quality of being theoretic

• Chinese: 理論性／理论性 (lǐlùnxìng)
• Finnish: teoreettisuus (fi)