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> One little final point. I think the reason the word "problematic" is used as a noun is because it is used as a noun in French. Correct me if I'm wrong. It is
by carlob 13y ago
> One little final point. I think the reason the word "problematic" is used as a noun is because it is used as a noun in French. Correct me if I'm wrong.
It is but this [0] says it comes from a translation of problematische Urteile in Kant. At any rate it wasn't used as a noun in French before 1936
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- igravious 13y agoThanks for that. This is what I thought. Story goes. Key French texts are translated into English. They used "problematic" as a noun. Diligent students read texts, learn to use "problematic" as a noun and so it goes. Language changes, get used to it. I've seen tons of papers where someone argues about the problematics of this or that. I wouldn't use it so myself. But it may inevitably be on the way to assuming this new mantle. My pet peeve is "foregrounds". Grr. I've a few more, I've always meant to make a list.