Word of the Day:
facticity
What It Means
The quality or state of being a fact.
In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.
A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
Near-synonyms: given, axiom, postulate
Facticity in Context
“It is important for those to ascribe to [Jean-Paul] Sartre a crude theory of "absolute freedom" to notice that he does acknowledge the existence of facticities which I did not originate and which I cannot change (e.g., the date of my birth). [...] [W]hile I can change some of my facticities (e.g....”
Did You Know?
From fact + -icity, possibly modelled on German Faktizität which first appeared in the writings of the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814).
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