Lecture 38: The Complete Phenomenology of Spirit (Introduction, sec. 87-89)

The Complete Phenomenology of Spirit (Introduction, sec. 87-89) by ReasonIO

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Name:	Gregory B. Sadler (ReasonIO)
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Date Added: April 3, 2016

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In this thirty-eight video in the new series on G.W.F. Hegel's great early work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, I read and comment on the eighty-seventh, eighty-eightth, and eighty-ninth paragraphs of the text, finishing our study of the Introduction.

Hegel now considers an objection that could be raised about the nature of experience. In our ordinary life, it does not appear that our own consciousnesses work out their relations with the objects of knowledge in the dialectical manner outlined in the previous paragraphs. Instead of simply having one Object worked upon and revealed to be an object in-itself and also an object in-itself-and-for-consciousness, it seems that experience really involves running across second objects that are revealed to us contingently, by chance, externally to whatever dialectical process is occurring.

This is only an appearance, however, and according to Hegel, what transpires is really a reversal of consciousness, in which the new, second, seemingly unrelated or contingent object is taken up into the dialectic. In fact, this has been occurring throughout human history, and we are now at the point where we are able to observe these new developments of consciousness -- but from the vantage point of the finished process.

That is indeed what the Phenomenology of Spirit is supposed to provide us with, a systematic scientific perspective upon the totality, the All, which is thoroughly permeated with human consciousness. Accordingly the dialectical path to Science turns out to be Science itself.

The introductory music for the video is: Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita in D minor for solo violin, is available in the public domain, and can be found at musopen.org.

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In this video series, Dr. Sadler will be working through the entire Phenomenology, paragraph by paragraph -- for each one, first reading the paragraph, and then commenting on what Hegel is doing, referencing, discussing, etc. in that paragraph.

This series is designed to provide an innovative digital resource that will assist students, lifelong learners, professionals, and even other philosophers in studying this classic work by Hegel for generations to come. If you'd like to support this project -- and also receive some rewards for your support -- please contribute! - https://www.patreon.com/drgbsadler

Dr. Sadler will be using and referencing the A.V. Miller English-language translation of the Phenomenology, which is available here: http://amzn.to/1jDUI6w

The introductory music for the video is: Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No. 1 in Bm, BWV 1002, is available in the public domain, and can be found at musopen.org.

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