tankefigur

English translation: shared intellectual constructs / concepts

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Swedish term or phrase:tankefigur
English translation:shared intellectual constructs / concepts
Entered by: Peter Linton (X)

22:59 Nov 4, 2004
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Swedish term or phrase: tankefigur
Cultural Studies:

framträdare använder en mängd retoriska resurser eller element – allt från argument, tankefigurer, myter, koder, bilder och metaforer till en specifik jargong
David Shannon
Sweden
Local time: 04:25
shared intellectual constructs / concepts
Explanation:
I have never come across this word, so this is just a stab at finding an English equivalent. To my amazement, there is a Google web ref to that expression that seems to fit well.
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Peter Linton (X)
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4 +2mental images
Sven Petersson
4 +1figure of thought/
Mario Marcolin
3shared intellectual constructs / concepts
Peter Linton (X)
3mental grid
Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
1Ideal, opinion-maker
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mental images


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://www.gis.net/~tbirch/hp5.html
Sven Petersson
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Ideal, opinion-maker


Explanation:
Just thought I'd throw those out. An ideal if it is an intangible, an opinion-maker if it is a person.

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figure of thought/


Explanation:
or "thought figure"

The original has "denkfigur"
http://jwsr.ucr.edu/archive/vol6/number2/pdf/jwsr-v6n2-therb...
cf
"denkkollektiv" - thought-collective
"denkstil"- thought-style

http://www.what-is-cancer.com/papers/Fleck.html
http://www.tribunes.com/tribune/edito/5-6z.htm



Mario Marcolin
Sweden
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shared intellectual constructs / concepts


Explanation:
I have never come across this word, so this is just a stab at finding an English equivalent. To my amazement, there is a Google web ref to that expression that seems to fit well.


    Reference: http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/all/faculty/adger/EPA2003.pdf
Peter Linton (X)
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mental grid


Explanation:
[PDF] SharingKnowledge Through Mentoring
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... Tacit knowledge forms a mental grid, a unique set of beliefs and assumptions through
which we filter and interpret what we see and do (Saint-Onge, 1996). ...
www.ispi.org/publications/ pitocs/piSept2003/Vol42_08_36.pdf

Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
United Kingdom
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