Dialectical Reason and Necessary Conflict”Understanding and the Nature of Terror

Taking as point of departure Hegelrsquo;s early reflections on his historical present, this essay examines the relationship between dialectical reason and the activity of the understanding in generating contradiction. Dialecticmdash;as logic and methodmdash;is Hegelrsquo;s attempt at a philosophical comprehension of the conflicts and the deep changes of his contemporary world. This idea of dialectic as logic of historical transformation guides the development of consciousness in the emPhenomenology of Spirit/em. Since my claim is that the dialectic of consciousness and its capacity of overcoming contradiction are rooted in the historical situation of 1807, the question is raised of what would be the specific problems encountered by consciousness in our contemporary worldmdash;in 2007. What are the challenges posed by our globalized world to a phenomenology of contemporary spirit; and what is the role that contradiction and dialectic play in the understanding of our own historical present

Libertad y contradicción en el mundo ético

In this paper it will be discussed the status of Hegel’s theory of objektiver Geist and his idea of freedom taking up a variant of the confrontation between Kant and Hegel. By showing that contradiction in morality cannot be avoided, Hegel decentralizes the role that strictly moral concerns (should) have in our practical life thereby complicating and extending the realm of what counts as free action. Thus, it must be clear that the strength of the doctrine of objektiver Geist and of the notion of freedom developed therein consists in leading “outside” morality understood in the Kantian way, in showing precisely what it is that lies “outside” morality. En este trabajo se discutirá el estatus de la teoría de Hegel del “espíritu objetivo” y su idea de libertad retomando una variante de la confrontación entre Kant y Hegel. Mostrando que la contradicción en la moral no puede ser evitada, Hegel descentraliza el rol que las cuestiones estrictamente morales suelen (o deberían) tener en nuestra vida práctica, y así complejiza y extiende la esfera de lo que cuenta como una acción libre. De esta forma, debe quedar claro que la fuerza de la doctrina del “espíritu objetivo” y de la noción de libertad desarrollada en ella consiste en dirigirse más allá de la moral entendida a la manera kantiana, mostrando precisamente qué es lo que se encuentra por “afuera” de la moral.

System

Prinzipiell besitzt der Systembegriff einerseits eine ontologische und andererseits eine methodologisch-erkenntnistheoretische Funktion. So drückt sich in ihm die ontologische Form spezifischer Klassen von lebendigen Dingen - nämlich lebendigen Organismen - aus. Andererseits ist die Idee des Systems der Schlussstein einer Methode, die zur Erkenntnis der Wirklichkeit eingesetzt wird. Um Inhalt und Form des dialektischen Systembegriffs zu fassen, werden philosophiegeschichtliche Rückgriffe besonders auf Kants Bemühungen gemacht. Mit Hegel kommt dem Systembegriff eine konstitutive Funktion in der methodologischen Auffassung und ontologischen Entwicklung der Realität zu. Dialektisch-spekulative Vernunft ist wesentlich System. Dieser Systembegriff bildet einen Ansatz für eine Idee der Rationalität, in der die "Macht der Vernunft" Formen von "Dekonstruktion" gegenübertritt

Moral Sentiments, Institutions, and Civil Society: Exploiting Family Resemblances between Smith and Hegel to Resolve Some Conceptual Issues in Sen’s Recent Contributions to the Theory of Justice

In his Idea of Justice, Amartya Sen compares the two basic approaches to evaluate institutions, transcendental institutionalism and realization-focused comparisons. Referring to Smith's Impartial Spectator, he argues in favour of the latter and proposes the principle of Open Impartiality. However, this cannot solve the tension between universalism and contextualization of values that Sen therefore inherits from Smith. Based on recent Hegel scholarship, we argue that some of the difficulties can be resolved, considering the role Smith played in the development of Hegel's thinking. Hegel's concept of recognition plays an essential role in establishing the possibility of impartiality both on the level of consciousness and on the level of institutional intersubjectivity. Hegel's critique of Kants formalist ethics (also considered as transcendental institutionalism by Sen), his analysis of the civil society in the Philosophy of Right, especially his focus on associations and estates, can serve as a model for making Sen's focus on public discourse theoretically more concise and pragmatically feasible. Hegel shows that universalistic attitudes can only emerge in specific institutional contexts

Libertad y contradicción en el mundo ético

In this paper it will be discussed the status of Hegel’s theory of objektiver Geist and his idea of freedom taking up a variant of the confrontation between Kant and Hegel. By showing that contradiction in morality cannot be avoided, Hegel decentralizes the role that strictly moral concerns (should) have in our practical life thereby complicating and extending the realm of what counts as free action. Thus, it must be clear that the strength of the doctrine of objektiver Geist and of the notion of freedom developed therein consists in leading “outside” morality understood in the Kantian way, in showing precisely what it is that lies “outside” morality. En este trabajo se discutirá el estatus de la teoría de Hegel del “espíritu objetivo” y su idea de libertad retomando una variante de la confrontación entre Kant y Hegel. Mostrando que la contradicción en la moral no puede ser evitada, Hegel descentraliza el rol que las cuestiones estrictamente morales suelen (o deberían) tener en nuestra vida práctica, y así complejiza y extiende la esfera de lo que cuenta como una acción libre. De esta forma, debe quedar claro que la fuerza de la doctrina del “espíritu objetivo” y de la noción de libertad desarrollada en ella consiste en dirigirse más allá de la moral entendida a la manera kantiana, mostrando precisamente qué es lo que se encuentra por “afuera” de la moral.

Approaching Hegel's logic, obliquely: Melville, Moliere, Beckett/ Angelica Nuzzo.

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