Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

precisarse

English translation:

could be further/more specified

Added to glossary by patyjs
Feb 13, 2016 02:54
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Spanish term

precisarse

Spanish to English Medical Philosophy
This is from an academic paper on the hypothesis of the (action-oriented) predictive brain. (Mexico)

Por otra parte, estas reminiscencias no pueden menos que advertirme de un faltante ‘histórico’, tanto en Sartre como, sobre todo, en Marx. La reflexión fenomenológica bien puede ser inseparable del proceso de hacer inteligible nuestra experiencia, además de muy fructífera para orientarla. No obstante, por rigurosa que sea esa reflexión, resulta muy vulnerable a las múltiples interpretaciones que se pueden hacer de ella cuando no se tiene acceso a los “mecanismos del mundo” que subyacen a la experiencia sobre la que reflexionamos y que, considerando tales ‘mecanismos’, podría precisarse un poco más.

My attempt so far:

On the other, these reminiscences can do no less than warn me of an historic lack, both in Sartre as, above all, in Marx. Phenomenological reflection may well be inseparable from the process of making our experience intelligible, as well as very fruitful in guiding it. But however thorough this reflection is, it is highly vulnerable to the many interpretations that can be made of it when there is no access to the “mechanisms of the world” underlying the experience reflected upon and which, considering such “mechanisms,” may...

Many thanks.

Discussion

philgoddard Feb 13, 2016:
It's "both... and" rather than "both... as".

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could be further/more specified

Experience needs to be clearly specified if phenomenology's research agenda is to make sense.
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agree neilmac : Words to that effect...
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Thanks, Neil!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks, Francois."
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could be defined further

I would resort to the idea of the Platonic definition, as a means to provide determination in philosophy.
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elaborated on

Another option.
https://goo.gl/WkcID3
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