For Simmel, form is the basic concept that underlies the epistemological process. But he casts form in his sociological and philosophical writings as a function of a relation. Form, for Simmel, is a dynamic principle that can change depending on its function. This makes relation equal with form’s conventionally assigned privileged epistemological status. Reciprocity, according to Simmel, opens form, customarily considered self-enclosed, to elicit form’s dynamics as a part of a process that is able to reflect the difference it contains.

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形式与关系：齐美尔的差异与变化

对于齐美尔来说，形式是认识论过程的基本概念。但他在他的社会学和哲学著作中将形式塑造为一种关系的功能。对于齐美尔来说，形式是一种动态原理，可以根据其功能而变化。这使得关系等同于形式传统上赋予的特权认识论地位。根据齐美尔的说法，互惠打开了通常被认为是自我封闭的形式，以引发形式的动态，作为能够反映其包含的差异的过程的一部分。