Begin by an illustration of Kant’s synthesis of empiricism and idealism. Continue by illustrating Hegel’s using synthesis to bootstrap human consciousness to itself Pause to explain the phenotype of BPD[I] esp black/white thinking. Pause to describe the rise of cog-behavioural therapies and their rise out of mindfulness. Describe the addition of D of DBT[II] into the CBT[III] mix. Elaborate using...
Editorial notes: This post was found in ‘Draft’ mode in the original blog and may be incomplete. It is published here in its original state. It was last updated on 15/11/2014 I have been reading Charles Taylor’s book “Hegel” and his discussion on the Phenomenology of Spirit on “Spirit”. What follows are notes on my reading, and my reaction to...
————————————————- Ch.6. “THE FORMATION OF SPIRIT”[I] ————————————————- We are entering the domain of Geist, which is later aka “objective spirit” {in the Encyclopedia?}. It concerns...
Editorial notes: This post was found in ‘Draft’ mode in the original blog and may be incomplete. It is published here in its original state. It was last updated on 29/10/2014 This is an element in the chapter “Reason”, which I have already explored as a whole, but within which I am now focusing on a single concept to be found in C.AA. “Reason” V. “The...
The significance of Reason was not immediately apparent for me. At first it seemed no different, except by semantic quibbles, from thought. In retrospect this occurred because when I scrutinized what would be a mind that self-defined as Reason, what I was actually considering was a rational mind. And a rational mind could be just a thinking mind whose thoughts all conformed to some (logical) set...
A summary of Phenomenology of Spirit (by Hegel) on Reason. This chapter describes the ongoing evolution of a consciousness that knows that it itself and its experiences are both explicable by, and manifestations of, reason. This has existential and practical implications, and leads consciousness to prove its assumptions: testing science, desire and ethics, and its relation to society.
This is an index for all my posts on Hegel. The order of publication is indicated by the numbering and otherwise this order basically follows the Phenomenology of Spirit. Contextualizing Hegel’s Philosophy [4] Reading Hegel on “Sense Certainty” [1] Taylor Reading Hegel on “Sense Certainty” [5] Reading Hegel on “Desire” [2] Reading Hegel on “Lord and...
In Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, consciousness evolves into “Reason” – a mode of thought that considers everything that is, including itself, to be determined by rationality. This concerns the introductory material of C.AA.V “The certainty and truth of reason”, §231-243. The unchanging certainty of reason Before this point, the ascent of consciousness had...
Loc.2716 “Observation of Nature” C* starts seeking universals (and itself) in things, but this proves an endless task, so it limits itself to finding the essential properties of things. But these ‘characteristics’ also prove changing, and hence it must regard them as ‘vanishing moments’. Thence it seeks the law which underlies these universal yet changing characteristics. It does this by...
Nb. this is on the bit starting C.AA.V(231), but before it begins C.AA.V.A (nb. noted below) [231] “But in this object, in which it finds that its own action and being, as being that of this particular consciousness, are being and action in themselves, there has arisen for consciousness the idea of Reason, of the certainty that, in its particular individuality, it has being absolutely in...
