An Investigation into the Systematic Meaning of Sensuous-Certainty in Hegel
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2021-05-16
Authors
Schatz, Timothy
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University of Oregon
Abstract
The quintessential characterization of Hegel's philosophy is that of a circle. In the context of his Phenomenology of Spirit, this means a kind of unity or semblance thereof between sensuous-certainty and absolute knowing. In this paper, I demonstrate the aforementioned unity through a reading of the section on sensuous- certainty, one which is mediated by the work of Jean Hyppolite and Jay Bernstein. Through this approach, I highlight several issues of metaphysical importance, viz., space, time, object, and subject, at the beginning of Hegel's text, as well as delineating an underlying ethical matter of responsibility vis-à-vis the capacity to remember.
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Jean Hyppolite, Jay Bernstein, Phenomenology of Spirit, sensuous-certainty, absolute knowing, ethics, memory