Half Hour Hegel: The Complete Phenomenology of Spirit (Introduction, sec 73-74)

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In this thirty-second video in the new series on G.W.F. Hegel's great early work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, I read and comment on the seventy-third and seventy-fourth paragraphs of the text, beginning the Introduction.

Hegel begins his introduction by examining the standpoint of modern through, which frames its relation to reality in large part through Epistemology, and through epistemological concerns. He points out that skeptical worries about whether cognition can actually relate us to the Absolute depend upon mistaken assumptions, many of which stem from presuming that cognition functions like an instrument, or that it is a passive medium.

Both of these views about cognition or knowledge lead us into impasses -- a sign that we need to adopt, or work out, a different, more adequate perspective, rather than allowing fear of error to lead us into a mistrust of philosophical activity.

In this video series, I 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.

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