Hegel on Pseudo-Philosophy - Associate Professor Andrew Alexander Davis

Hegel on Pseudo-Philosophy

Reading the Preface to the "Phenomenology of Spirit"
Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2023
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-34775-5 (ISBN)
105,95 inkl. MwSt
The preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) is one of the most widely-read texts in Hegel’s corpus, and yet we still lack a clear understanding of its aims. Providing a fresh perspective on Hegel’s preface, Andrew Davis contends that it should be read as an overview of what philosophy is not.

Contesting previous investigations that have assumed Hegel’s purpose in the preface is to introduce the reader to his own philosophical method, Davis moves Hegel’s positive comments about the nature of philosophy to the background. This is, after all, where they belong in a preface, according to Hegelian philosophy, as Hegel contends that the actual nature of philosophy cannot be presented in advance of specific inquiries.

Examining the nature of philosophy through negation, each chapter in the book explores a different form of pseudo-philosophy that Hegel addresses in his preface. Together, they allow Hegelian philosophy to appear in relief as precisely what cannot be achieved through explanation, edification, formalism, phenomenology, mathematical proof, propositional truth, or personal revelation.

With an appendix featuring synopses of every paragraph of the preface, Hegel on Pseudo-Philosophy not only offers a jargon-free introduction to Hegel’s thought, but it also yields crucial insights into the organisation of a preface that has long been decried as haphazard or incomprehensible.

Andrew Alexander Davis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Belmont University, USA.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Philosophy is not Explanation
2. Philosophy is not Edification
3. Philosophy is not Formalism
4. Philosophy is not Phenomenology
5. Philosophy is not Mathematical
6. Philosophy is not Propositional
7. Philosophy is not Personal

Conclusion: Notes Toward Negation

Appendix: Short Paragraph by Paragraph Commentary

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10 1-350-34775-2 / 1350347752
ISBN-13 978-1-350-34775-5 / 9781350347755
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