ABSTRACT
Immediacy (Umiddelbarhed-noun; umiddelbar-adjective); Reflection (Reflexionnoun; reflectere-verb)
“Immediacy” is the noun corresponding to the adjective “immediate,” which originates from the Latin immediatus, compare the Greek ἄμεσος. The Danish word umiddelbar corresponds to the German unmittelbar. Its lexical meaning in Danish is similar to its meaning in German: it describes a direct relationship between two relata, also rendered in English as “unmediated.”1 This direct relationship can be spatial or temporal. In the history of philosophy this word is used to present a direct relationship, with no intermediaries, between subject and object.2 In philosophy “immediate” can also mean “not mediated”3 or not accessible through a medium. This usage generally pertains to logical, epistemological, and psychological immediacy.4
