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Prototype vs Ectype - What's the difference?

prototype | ectype |

As nouns the difference between prototype and ectype

is that prototype is an original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations while ectype is (philosophy) a copy; usually contrasted with the original, or archetype .

As a verb prototype

is to create a prototype of.

prototype

English

(wikipedia prototype)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations
  • An early sample or model built to test a concept or process
    • The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked.
  • (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
    • A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not.
  • (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters but none of the body, or actual code.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * prototype theory

    Related terms

    * first article

    Verb

    (prototyp)
  • To create a prototype of.

    • ectype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) A copy; usually contrasted with the original, or archetype.
  • * 2001 , Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review , Issues 170-172, page 30,
    • If my account is correct, both archetypes and ectypes' are 'real' insofar as they are composed of ideas of sensation. But I draw a distinction that Johnson does not acknowledge, viz., a distinction between ontological and epistemic ' ectypes .
  • * 2004 , Jean-Luc Marion, James K. A. Smith (translator), The Crossing of the Visible , page 38,
    • The painting traces itself from itself by suddenly appearing in these ectypes'. But the ' ectypes only mark the final accomplishment of this sudden appearance.
  • * 2008 , Ryan L. Showler, Archetypal and Ectypal Ideals in Kant's Practical Philosophy , page 51,
    • It is likely that little attention has been paid to the archetype/ectype relationship in Kant scholarship in the English speaking world partly as a result of inconsistent translations of the German terms “Urbild” and “Nachbild” that make it difficult to even notice the relationship.

    Related terms

    * ectypal