Hegel's Phenomenology : the dialectical justification of philosophy's first principles / Ardis B. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Ardis B.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 57.

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Phänomenologie des Geistes.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Physical Description:

pages ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Hegel's philosophy depends on the answer to a fundamental question: why assume that the abstract structures and necessities of pure thought reveal anything at all about the varied and mutable realm of real-life experience? In her study of Hegel's Phenomenology, Ardis Collins examines the way Hegel interprets the Phenomenology of Spirit as an answer to this question and in the process invents a proof procedure that does not depend on unquestioned philosophical principles, cherished social norms, or established prejudices for or against certain ways of thinking or acting. Employing close readings and innovative analysis, this groundbreaking study challenges current interpretations of the Phenomenology. Collins demonstrates that the way Hegel interprets the role of the Phenomenology remains consistent throughout his career, that he claims for the demonstration developed in it the strict necessity of a proof, and that the beginning of philosophy cannot be justified without this proof. In the process, she sheds light on the way Hegel examines the structures and truth expectations of experience to show that the human spirit is involved in a shared project of culture and history that challenges us to become engaged in conscientious causes. Skilfully argued and persuasive, this study of Hegel's Phenomenology explores the concreteness of human experience and shows how Hegel finds in it evidence that the whole domain of human experience belongs to the logical spirit investigated by philosophy. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction 1

1 The Project and Its Strategy 3

2 Interpretation Paradigms 16

Part 2 The Freedom of Philosophical Thought 51

3 The Philosophy of Right 53

4 The Encyclopaedia: General Introduction 62

5 The Encyclopaedia: Three Positions on Objectivity 88

Part 3 Thought VS. Experience 119

6 The Challenge of Empirical Consciousness 121

7 The Justification of Logic 135

Part 4 The Phenomenology Speaks for Itself 157

8 The Phenomenology of Spirit Preface 159

9 The Phenomenology of Spirit Introduction 173

Part 5 Review of the Issues 201

10 The Consistency of Hegel's Position 203

11 Interpretation Paradigms Revisited 214

Part 6 The Proof of Reason 241

12 Consciousness and the Transition to Self-consciousness 243

13 Self-consciousness and the Transition to Idealism 281

Part 7 the Dialectical Development of Reason 311

14 Reason, the Irrational, and the Retreat into a Ground 317

15 Spirit, Nature, and the Retreat into a Ground 351

Part 8 Absolute Knowing 383

16 The Retreat into Absolute Knowing 387

17 The Infinity Dynamics of Absolute Knowing 405

18 The Transition from Phenomenology to Philosophical Science 422

19 The Absolute Knowing Debate 440.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780773540606

0773540601

OCLC:

811407040