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.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-475) and index
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title Page 8
- Copyright Page 9
- Dedication Page 10
- Table of Contents 12
- Acknowledgments 14
- Abbreviations 16
- Part One. Introduction 18
- 1. The Project and its Strategy 20
- 2. Interpretation Paradigms 33
- Part Two. The Freedom of Philosophical Thought 68
- 3. The Philosophy of Right 70
- 4. The Encyclopaedia: General Introduction 79
- 5. The Encyclopaedia: Three Positions on Objectivity 105
- Part Three. Thought vs. Experience 136
- 6. The Challenge of Empirical Consciousness 138
- 7. The Justification of Logic 152
- Part Four. The Phenomenology Speaks for Itself 174
- 8. The Phenomenology of Spirit: Preface 176
- 9. The Phenomenology of Spirit: Introduction 190
- Part Five. Review of the Issues 218
- 10. The Consistency of Hegel’s Position 220
- 11. Interpretation Paradigms Revisited 231
- Part Six. The Proof of Reason 258
- 12. Consciousness and the Transition to Self-consciousness 260
- 13. Self-consciousness and the Transition to Idealism 298
- Part Seven. The Dialectical Development of Reason 328
- 14. Reason, the Irrational, and the Retreat into a Ground 334
- 15. Spirit, Nature, and the Retreat into a Ground 368
- Part Eight. Absolute Knowing 400
- 16. The Retreat into Absolute Knowing 404
- 17. The Infinity Dynamics of Absolute Knowing 422
- 18. The Transition from Phenomenology to Philosophical Science 439
- 19. The Absolute Knowing Debate 457
- Bibliography 480
- Index 494
