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PHL 301 1st Edition Lecture 31Outline of Last Lecture I.Kant’s Copernican RevolutionII.Transcendental ArgumentIII.Noumena and PhenomenaIV.Synthetic A Priori truthsV.CategoriesOutline of Current LectureI.Critique of KantII.HistoricismIII.Dynamic PrinciplesIV.Social Character of ThoughtCurrent LectureHegel critiques Kant by saying that noumena play no role in his system, so they don’t fall under the categories. We cannot officially say that things in themselves exist. This sense of reasoning applies to the self. While Kant says that the body is part of the world of appearance but the noumenal self is free, transcending experience, Hegel says this division makes no sense. Kant also says that there are innate ideas (categories) and synthetic a priori truths (Laws of the Understanding), but they apply only within the realm of experience. Hegel says that we cannot actually construct things that way because where would the idea in our minds come from?This leads Hegel to Historicism: the way in which we construct the world develops historically. According to Hegel, philosophy is its own time raised to the level of thought. equality, justice, and the atomic theory all changed philosophical views, proving that they change over time. Hegel does say, though, that there are dynamic principles, which stay constant. Geist, or spirit/mind, progresses through stages to absolute knowledge. Hegel’s logic is that someone develops a thesis, which stands for a while until someone else finds a flaw and comes up with the antithesis. However, both of these views are extremes and don’t really get it right, so a synthesis overcomes the tension by creating a middle ground. This then becomes a new thesis, and the cyclical process begins again. Hegel’s social character of thought contends that the social and historical contexts of thought arecrucial. He also states that language influences thought. In his Phenomenology of spirit, Hegel says that unity of self is an achievement. One stage is the unhappy self, wherein the self is divided, but we overcome alienation socially and become integrated selves. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a


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