What does Hegel's philosophy as a whole consist of?
Phenomenology, Encyclopedia (logic, philosophy of nature, philosophy of Spirit)
Logic, Philosophy of Nature, philosophy of Spirit
Phenomenology, Encyclopedia, philosophy of History
Phenomenology, Logic, Encyclopedia.
What are the two general forms of philosophy that Hegel rejects as insufficient?
Spinozism and Kantianism
Reflection and intuition
Fichte and Schelling
Formalism and pantheism
What is the meaning of the word 'substance' in par. 17 - 25?
Substance means: the absolute as independent
Substance means: 'substantiality' or immediacy for immediate consciousness
Substance means 'essence'
Substance means content
Why does Hegel insist that the Absolute must also be expressed as 'subject'?
The Absolute is only understood through reflection
Th absolute is unknown without a subject
The Absolute is in itself but must also become for itself
The absolute is a particular subject, i.e. God
The proposition as it is understood by external reflection has four characteristics, summarized in the classes as NMRA. What does NMRA stand for?
Name, Meaning, Reality, Alternative
Name, Mentioning, Reference, Allocation
Name, Meaning, Reflection, Antithesis
Name, Meaning, Reflection, Attribution
What is Spinoza's definition of the Absolute Substance?
Substance is that which is independent and total.
Substance is the Absolute that cannot be understood by the subject.
Substance is that which exists in itself and is understood by itself
Substance is that which is greater than anything that can be thought.
What does Hegel mean by 'reflection into itself'?
A subject that determines itself through its predicates is reflected into itself.
A subject that is reflected upon is reflected into itself
A subject that is mirrored in another subject as its antithesis, is reflected into itself.
The act of reflecting upon yourself.
What does 'being' mean according to the Preface?
The immediacy of an object
The immediacy of consciousness
Absolute mediation or reflection into itself
All of the above
According to Hegel knowledge is immediately present as...
Intuition
consciousness
sense-certainty
natural consciousness
What is the dimension of the truth for Hegel?
The intuition of the Absolute
Reflection on the Absolute
A combination of 1. and 2.
The concept
Hegel writes: 'For the real subject-matter is not exhausted in its purpose, but in working the matter out.' (Par. 3, Baillie, p. 69) What does 'working the matter out 'stand for?
To write a systematic treatise about it
To make every element and step of the process explicit
To figure out precisely by careful analysis what a concept means
To extract the truth from a whole series of philosophical statements
What does 'Spirit' mean in Hegel's philosophy?
God as the Absolute Spirit
The absolute within self-consciousness
The Absolute identity of humanity and the world
The human understanding of the world