Actons introduction supplies useful historical background and will assist those unacquainted with hegel. The phenomenology of spirit stephen houlgate georg wilhelm friedrich hegel 17701831 is one of the greatest though also least studied philosophers of the western tradition. The foundations of metaphysics in science 1965 nature,mind,and modern science 1954 hypothesis and perception 1970 the spirit of hegel. The phenomenology of spirit will announce his independence from schelling, too.
Errol eustace harris 19 february 1908 21 june 2009, sometimes cited as e. At the end of the phenomenology of spirit god is the rational totality of. We produce integrated, pre and power amplifiers as well as cd players and some of the most modern and sophisticated da converters. The link established by christian theology between oikonomia and history is crucial to an understanding of western philosophy of history. I summarize errol harris view that hegels advances are consistent with current evolutionary theory and then critique this view using articles by cinzia ferinni and alison stone. Phenomenology of spirit that was the subject of a multiyear course that harris had given previously. Hegel, philosophy, and mathematical physics hegel bulletin. Harris covers the entire range of hegel s philosophy, emphasizing hegel s contemporary relevance, elucidating difficult and controversial questions, and revealing hegel s insight into key philosophical problems. Harris, pastpresident of the hegel society of america, accepted the invitation of the philosophy department of villanova university to occupy their chair of christian philosophy for the 1982 spring semester.
The spirit is not some one mode or meaning which finds utterance or externality only in a form distinct from itself. This trouble may easily be supposed to spring from a spirit of earnest inquiry. Hegel and the concept of extinction bates 2014 philosophy. Unfortunately for hegel, both common sense and genius are more readily accessible than a continuous chain of reasoning that is directed at establishing the identity of ones worldknowledge with ones selfknowledge, slowly and painfully, without ever letting one slip back into the comfortable conviction of stoic and sceptic alike that what happens, or has happened, in ones world does not. The following paper was presented as his inaugural address to that department. In hegels idea of a phenomenology of spirit, michael n. Harris covers the entire range of hegel s philosophy, emphasizing hegel s contemporary relevance, elucidating difficult and. The discussion of hegel s conception of logic and its place in hegel s system is among the best to date.
Harris, university press of america, lanham md, 1983, pp. Hegel will later derisively refer to as the understandingverstand. On scientific knowledge 2 sure we do not possess the objective concrete fact, the actual content of the science, but must, over and above. Hegels philosophy of right 3 rises the supposed difficulty of detecting amidst the endless differences of opinion anything of universal application. Spirit and language in hegels philosophy of absolute spirit. Between dialectic and history, evanston, northwestern university press, 1997, errol. I summarize his view of hegels epistemology in harris, hegel, and the spirit of the phenomenology clio, 1998, 5. Professor errol harris writes in his spirit of hegel new jersey, 1993 that it is not hegel who stands on his head, but marx and engels, who cut off the head, and then imagine that the. In addition, harris prepared several translations with others of hegels works to which he added textual notes and introductions including system of ethical life and first philosophy of spirit, 1979, lectures on the philosophy of religion, 198487 and encyclopedia logic with the zusatze, 1991.
Harris held that, in conjunction with empirical science, the western philosophical tradition, in its commitment to the ideal of. An introduction to reading the phenomenology of spirit 6. His thought spawned both marxism and existentialism, and exercised considerable in. Today hegel is one of the bestestablished brands on the hifi market. Hegel and the intersubjectivity of mutual recognition and the. If the preface to a work of philosophy is like the prefaces to other works it will, he says, consist of some statement of the author. Hegels science and whiteheads modern world philosophy. The spirit of hegel consists of a collection of essays covering almost every facet of hegel s philosophy. But this last time it was more ambitious and more fully organized, a session lasting throughout the day of august 24. Harris s treatment of hegel s logic is sympathetic, detailed, and thorough. The second section examines hegels development of the latter theory in the phenomenology of spirit 1807, stressing the tragic interpenetration of culture and intersubjective recognition. The phenomenology of spirit was hegel s grandest experiment, changing our vision of the world and the very nature of philosophical enterprise.
Today there are six more original technical solutions in hegel s portfolio. Harriss interpretation of hegels philosophyunlike that of most of hegelian. Hegel relied on coherence as an important element in justification, he did not hold a coherence theory of the nature of truth, he is a realist, he holds a correspondence theory of the nature of truth, truth as correspondence is. I summarize errol harris view that hegels advances. Books by hegel, georg wilhelm friedrich sorted by popularity. Hegel s philosophy of mind georg wilhelm friedrich hegel 594 downloads. Apr 17, 2017 in this video, professor thorsby discusses gwf hegel s phenomenology of spirit and the masterslave dialectic. Hegel and the concept of extinction wiley online library. Dialectical holism the lost metaphysics of ee harris james schofield. Harriss reflections on hegels correspondence theory of truth are rich and suggestive. The ontological foundations of hegels dissertation of 1801 olivier depre.
Sep 05, 2017 hegels phenomenology of spirit has acquired a paradoxical reputation as one the most important and most impenetrable and inconsistent philosophical works. But in point of fact those who pride themselves upon the existence of. Han kasitteli ennen kaikkea logiikkaa, metafysiikkaa ja tietoteoriaa, ja pyrki muodostamaan naista jarjestelmallisen ja yhtenaisen esityksen kuvatakseen. In the spirit of christianity, hegel sees reflective rationality as fundamentally bound up with the atomism of rightsbased societies, with the incapacity to establish and comprehend a meaningful and satisfying basis of community. Absolute spirit, indicating its sel fsufficiency, hegels a bsolute spirit is not closed in itself, its main point is in self revelation hegel, 1977, vol.
As in dusseldorf in 1978, so in montreal in 1983, the hegel society of america held a fringe meeting. On mcdowells hegelian critique of kant robert stern i the kanthegel relation has a continuing fascination for commentators on hegel, and understandably so. Numbers in nature and the logic of measure in the development of hegels. Harris emphasizes hegel s contemporary relevance, elucidating difficult and controversial questions, and revealing hegel s insight into key philosophical problems.
Harris held that, in conjunction with empirical science, the western philosophical tradition, in. Comparison and contrast of his own analyses with those of other hegel scholars are a strong point of the book. Hegels phenomenology of spirit university of oregon. The preface to the phenomenology of spirit at the very beginning of the preface to the phenomenology, hegel presents himself with a challenge. In particular, it is possible to say that the concept of history in german idealism, from hegel to schelling and even up to feuerbach, is nothing besides an attempt to think the economic link between the process of divine revelation and history. Phenomenology of spirit in order to align hegelian terminology with current solutions for mass extinction. May 02, 2006 professor errol harris writes in his spirit of hegel new jersey, 1993 that it is not hegel who stands on his head, but marx and engels, who cut off the head, and then imagine that the. Pdf spirit and language in hegels philosophy of absolute.
Harris with the appearance of this book the englishspeaking world will learn something at first hand of the genesis of hegels ideas, the dominant intellectual themes of his youth, and the. This comprehensive and illuminating collection of essays by errol e. Harris and walter cerf, albany, state university of. This new annotated translation of chapter six of hegel s phenomenology of spirit, the joint product of a group of scholars that included h.
In this book, solomon captures the bold and exhilarating spirit, presenting the phenomenology as a thoroughly personal as well as philosophical work. Hegel, marx, engels, and the origins of marxism world. Errol eustace harris 19 february 1908 21 june 2009 was a contemporary south african philosopher. He did encourage his students to read these sections and referred them to other commentaries such as an interpretation of the logic of hegel by errol e. Intersubjectivity of mutual recognition and the ithou. Kantian hegelianism which dialectically unites the nature of our cognition with us as subjects that cognize spirit. Harris, was a contemporary south african philosopher. The mind first sees itself as the world come to consciousness and then sees the world as the process in and by means of which that coming to consciousness is brought about.
Lecture notes on hegels encyclopedia logic 1830 prepared. In this video, professor thorsby discusses gwf hegels phenomenology of spirit and the masterslave dialectic. I summarize errol harris view that hegels advances are consistent with. Ebook editions are available from selected online vendors. A translation of the jena lectures on the philosophy of spirit with commentarybetween kant and hegel. Burbidge, and kenneth schmitz, represents an advance in accuracy and fluency on previous translations into english of this core chapter of the phenomenology. Errol harris project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. As a consequence, harris s metaphysics, like hegel s, finally develops into a logic of construction and a panentheistic theology. A commentary based on the preface and introduction advanced. We agree about many important, if controversial, points. Harris, hegel, and the truth about truth springerlink. Likewise, harris 1993 follows hegels 1977 conception of absolute spirit.
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