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PHILOSOPHY
401 -SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY May
be repeated. Students may register
for this course more than once in the same term. W
3:00-4:50 TOPIC:
Hegel on Mensch and Geist
In this seminar our we will focus upon Hegel's interpretation of human
reality in terms of what he calls Geist (better translated as
"spirit" than "mind," but perhaps best left untranslated).
This will involve looking at many of his main texts, since his entire
philosophy revolves around this concept and interpretation.
We will begin with a look at the opening chapters of his Logic
(Vol. One of his Encyclopedia, in which he situates his philosophical
project in relation to the previous history of philosophy), and at the
Introduction to his Lectures on the Philosophy of History (which is a
nice introduction to his "philosophy of Geist").
Our main texts will be his Philosophy of Geist (Vol. Three
of his Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Wissenschaften), his Phenomenology
of Geist, and his Philosophy of Recht (i.e., of
"rightness" or normativity). Participants
in the seminar should have their own copies of the three main texts.
Other readings will be made available in a course pack or as handouts. |