On the arbitrary nature of things : an agnostic reading of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit / Andrew Lee Bridges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bridges, Andrew Lee, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agnosticism.

Knowledge, Theory of.

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

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Phänomenologie des Geistes (Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich).

Physical Description:

166 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"On the Arbitrary Nature of Things approaches Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit through a paradigm of agnosticism developed from Hegel's own critique of systems of knowledge. This work traces Hegel's descriptions of the movements of Spirit with equal measures of charity and skepticism. It provokes one to question the level of agnosticism that should be taken toward our various systems of human understanding, both in Hegel's Phenomenology and in our contemporary world. With respect to our contemporary world, Bridges questions whether the nature of things is ultimately arbitrary and finds that phenomena such as the placebo effect and the use of sensoriums in phenomenological anthropology add credence to the position of agnosticism toward the arbitrary nature of things"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The universal, the arbitrary, and the topsy-turvy: remaining agnostic given Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit and coherence epistemologies

Reason, phrenology, and the coherence epistemologies

The potentiality of both the divine mind and the arbitrary particular (human) mind to become universalized

Parting company with Hegel after an examination of three skeptical discoveries : an examination of "Religion in the Form of Art"

Examining the cogency of indistinguishability through the phenomena of sensoriums and the placebo effect

Appendix A : Some reflection on the meaning of "Nature."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781666714050

1666714054

1666714062

9781666714067

OCLC:

1322368317

Publisher Number:

99991411713