Durch die Struktur des modernen technischen Handels ist ein ständiger ingenieurwissenschaftlicher Fortschritt vorgezeichnet: Wechselseitige Ergänzung von theoretischer Forschung und praktischer Anwendung; Selektion der effizientesten Verfahrensweise; Akkumulation des bisherigen Wissens und Könnens; Zusammenhang der technischen Teilbereiche; systematische Detailverbesserungen. Diese Prinzipien haben jedoch nur instrumenteilen Charakter. Deshalb ist es immer möglich, daß durch veränderte Prioritäten auch außertechnische Gesichtspunkte stärker zur Geltung gebracht werden.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Über Naturschilderung" verfügbar.

Schiller's 1795 essay on the educative function of art is one of the most important contributions to the history of ideas in modern times. This English-German parallel text edition includes a long analytical introduction and extensive notes.

Der »politische« Leibniz als großer Denker mit zukunftsweisenden Vorstellungen für die Gestaltung von Staat, Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft.

Recently, the gender asterisk has become more widespread in grammatical gender languages in order to represent all genders. Such gender-fair language is intended to help better address women and other genders and make their interests and achievements more visible. Critics often argue this would make the language less comprehensible and less aesthetically appealing. Two experiments examined the effects of the gender asterisk on text comprehensibility, aesthetic perception, and interest. N = 159 and N = 127 participants were randomly provided with (...) a text in either masculine-only form or alternatively in gender-fair language with the gender asterisk. The results of the first experiment showed no impairment of comprehensibility and aesthetic evaluation of the texts by the gender asterisk and no effect on interest in the game, while the second experiment showed significant impairments of comprehensibility, aesthetic evaluation, and interest in the game by the gender asterisk. The proportion of singular forms is discussed as a possible explanation for the different results. Experiment 1 predominantly used plural forms like die Spieler*innen and did not include forms such as der*die Spieler*in, whereas Experiment 2 included many such more complex singular forms. We argue that this issue might be crucial, and that it deserves full attention in future studies. (shrink)