Slides introduction to german idealism 2/26 hegel

Welcome! We will wait just a couple minutes for others to join us In the mean time, it maybe interesting to introduce yourself: name, place of residence, field of study or research Please use the chatbox to indicate whether you can hear me The Philosophy of German Idealism (2) Introduction to Hegel Monday Jan. 25th 2010 WIZIQ  1. How does Hegel understand his own era? 2. What is Hegel's System of thought as a whole structured?  1. Hegel's understanding of his own era a. the Englightenment has turned into a dualist culture The Absolute versus formalism; Substance versus subjectivity  From the Preface: Substance must be expressed as subject Substance: immediacy of the object and the consciousness of the object Subject: the inner movement of self-expression of substance From the Preface: Substance must be expressed as subject Formalism (reflection) is part of the object Formalism is pure subjectivism, the exclusion of substance  From the Preface: Substance must be expressed as subject Formalism (reflection) is part of the object Negativity is subjective as well as objective Negation (subjective) is affirmation (of the negative contents) 1. Hegel's understanding of his own era a. the Englightenment has turned into a dualist culture b. the French Revolution shows the inadequacy of the Enlightenment as a movement  Enlightenment: Pure thought against faith Formal reason imposing its structure (Reflection philosophy) Respons: the urge to find a comforting philosophy that is not science. The Enlightenment has to pass through the stage of Terror (French Revolution)  Hegel combines the ideas of the Enlightenment with: The French Revolution and its drive to replace the old political order The vision of unity and wholeness from early Romanticism The notion of historical development  (BTW) Hegel's whereabouts…… STB FJB NHB Mnemonic: So Tommy Bought, Franky Junior Beer, Not His Brother  Stuttgart Tübingen, Bern Frankfurt, Jena, Bambergen Nürnberg, Heidelberg, Berlin 2. Hegel's System of Thought Ordinary idea: 1. Phenomenology is the preparation for Science 2. Encyclopedia is the embodiment of Science 3. Philosophy of history and all the rest are the sub-disciplines of philosophy.  Results: The PhdG is treated as a separate and isolated work without reference to the System as a whole The Phil. of History is treated as analoguous to the History of Philosophy  Results (continued) The position of the Science of Lofgic, the Phil. of Right and the Hist. of Philosophy remains unclear. The relationship of the Phenomenology within the Enc. and the separate Phen. is inadequately understood. Answer: to explain the inconsistencies historically - with some justification: Hegel himself is not clear. Answer: to explain the three syllogisms of the System, (Enc. Par. 514-517) as syllogisms of Hegel's entire philosophy. Subjective Objective Absolute Proposal (J. Hollaks dissertation of the 1960s) Hegel's system= 1. Phenomenology: The coming of Spirit to itself in the reconstruction of its history = appearing Spirit Spirit in itself Proposal Hegel's system= 2. The systematic unfolding of the contents of philosophical sciences as such: Encyclopedia. = ANTITHESIS Spirit for itself Circular structure: L - N - S N - S - L S - L - N  3. The understanding of Spirit as it unfolds in History by realizing itself in and as culture Spirit in itself and for itself (Substance and subject are now fully identical) Spirit = the self-conscious identity of subjectivity and substance through time and space.  Summary: 1. Hegel adds the experience of the French revolution, early Romanticist longing for social unity and harmony and a historical methodology to the basic positions of the Enlightenment. The new "Order" is the result of the transformation of the State from within = rationality.  2. Hegel's System contains: 1. Phenomenology 2. Encyclopedia 3. Philosophy of History Hist of Philosophy ( 3 Philosophy of Right ( 2 Science of Logic ( 2 1