cursoriness

cur·so·ry

 (kûr′sə-rē)
adj.
Performed with haste and scant attention to detail: a cursory glance at the headlines.

[Late Latin cursōrius, of running, from Latin cursor, runner; see cursor.]

cur′so·ri·ly adv.
cur′so·ri·ness n.
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Translations

cursoriness

n (of glance)Flüchtigkeit f; (of inspection, investigation also)Oberflächlichkeit f
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In addition to the already mentioned cursoriness of some of the presentations of objections in part l, Dusing's book can be criticized for not elaborating more fully the logic of self-consciousness (what senses of "identity" are at work?), the crucial transition from passive to active syntheses (in what sense are the passive syntheses "unconscious"?), and the alleged ontological neutrality of the models of self-consciousness (is not a preontological Seins-verstandnis presupposed by Bewu[Beta]t-sein?).
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