German Idealism
Members
- Fichte
- HegelHegel
Hegel
Wrote: Intro to Philosophy of HistoryHegel, Intro to Philosophy of History
Intro to Philosophy of History
Written by [[Hegel]]
Themes
Spirit:
consciousness
self-consciousness
freedom
progress of history
Class Notes
![[Hegel, Intro to Philosophy of History.pdf]]
Summary
Hegel wrote about Spirit, and how it is realized. He explained that the essence of Spirit is Freedom, so then he had to talk about Freedom; and that led to a discussion of consciousness (specifically self-consciousness) and existence. You see, Spirit exists in itself, meaning that it is...
Notes
absolute idealist
key member of German IdealismGerman Idealism
German Idealism
Members
Fichte
HegelHegel
Hegel
Wrote: Intro to Philosophy of HistoryHegel, Intro to Philosophy of History
Intro to Philosophy of History
Written by [[Hegel]]
Themes
Spirit:
consciousness
self-consciousness
freedom
progress of history
Class Notes
![[Hegel, Intro to Philosophy of History.pdf]]
Summary
Hegel wrote about Spirit, and how it is realized. He explained that the essence of Spirit is Freedom, so then he had to talk about Freedom; and that led to a discussion of consciousness (specifically self-consciousness) and existence. You see, Spirit exists in itself, meaning that it is...
Notes
absolute idealist
key member of German IdealismGerman Idealism
German Idealism
Members
Fichte
HegelHegel
Hegel
Wrote: Intro to Philosophy of HistoryHegel, Intro to Philosophy of History
Intro to Philosophy of History
Written by [[Hegel]]
Themes
Spirit:
consciousness
self-consciousness
freedom
progress of history
Class Notes
![[Hegel, Intro to Philosophy of History.pdf]]
Summary
Hegel wrote about Spirit, and how it is realized. He explained that the essence of Spirit is Freedom, so then he had to talk about Freedom; and that led to a discussion of consciousness (specifically self-consciousness) and existence. You see, Spirit exists in itself, meaning that it is...
Notes
absolute idealist
key member of [[German Idealism]]
student of Fichte & relied on him in his work
the great intellect is not personal & is accessible to man b/c man's intellect is an extension of its intellect
view of history
teleological development - development in a direction ([[Darwin]] takes this and runs w/ it)
history recognizes internal contradictions and s...
Schelling
Spinoza
Schleiermacher
SchopenhauerSchopenhauer
Schopenhauer
Notes
all of rationality is desires
we are a slave of passions & desires
Buddhist influences
thought he was an heir of both Spinoza and KantKant
Kant
Wrote [[Kant, What is Enlightenment?]]
Man's primary problem isn't sin; it's that he doesn't have the freedom to reason & be enlightened (??)
Background
came from Prussia, wrote under Frederick the Great
Kant - a rationalist who wants to confine reason to the bounds of experience
reason is bound by the condition of possible experience; cannot reason about unexperienced things
so, we can't reason a/b God crating the world because we didn't experience it
...
Map of 19th Century Philosophers
!Map of 19th c. philosophers.png
Class Notes
speculative massive encompassing system
everything is idea
grew out of trying to complete KantKant
Kant
Wrote Kant, What is Enlightenment?
Man's primary problem isn't sin; it's that he doesn't have the freedom to reason & be enlightened (??)
Background
came from Prussia, wrote under Frederick the Great
Kant - a rationalist who wants to confine reason to the bounds of experience
reason is bound by the condition of possible experience; cannot reason about unexperienced things
so, we can't reason a/b God crating the world because we didn't experience it
... (Transcendental Idealism)
Kant's epistemology of the phenomena & noumena (the thing in itself); the noumena is unknowable
Fichte combines the phenomena & noumena; everything th...
student of Fichte & relied on him in his work
the great intellect is not personal & is accessible to man b/c man's intellect is an extension of its intellect
view of history
teleological development - development in a direction (Darwin takes this and runs w/ it)
history recognizes internal contradictions and s...
Schelling
Spinoza
Schleiermacher
SchopenhauerSchopenhauer
Schopenhauer
Notes
all of rationality is desires
we are a slave of passions & desires
Buddhist influences
thought he was an heir of both Spinoza and KantKant
Kant
Wrote [[Kant, What is Enlightenment?]]
Man's primary problem isn't sin; it's that he doesn't have the freedom to reason & be enlightened (??)
Background
came from Prussia, wrote under Frederick the Great
Kant - a rationalist who wants to confine reason to the bounds of experience
reason is bound by the condition of possible experience; cannot reason about unexperienced things
so, we can't reason a/b God crating the world because we didn't experience it
...
Map of 19th Century Philosophers
!Map of 19th c. philosophers.png
Class Notes
speculative massive encompassing system
everything is idea
grew out of trying to complete KantKant
Kant
Wrote Kant, What is Enlightenment?
Man's primary problem isn't sin; it's that he doesn't have the freedom to reason & be enlightened (??)
Background
came from Prussia, wrote under Frederick the Great
Kant - a rationalist who wants to confine reason to the bounds of experience
reason is bound by the condition of possible experience; cannot reason about unexperienced things
so, we can't reason a/b God crating the world because we didn't experience it
... (Transcendental Idealism)
Kant's epistemology of the phenomena & noumena (the thing in itself); the noumena is unknowable
Fichte combines the phenomena & noumena; everything th...
student of Fichte & relied on him in his work
the great intellect is not personal & is accessible to man b/c man's intellect is an extension of its intellect
view of history
teleological development - development in a direction (Darwin takes this and runs w/ it)
history recognizes internal contradictions and s... - Schelling
- Spinoza
- Schleiermacher
- SchopenhauerSchopenhauer
Schopenhauer
Notes
all of rationality is desires
we are a slave of passions & desires
Buddhist influences
thought he was an heir of both Spinoza and KantKant
Kant
Wrote [[Kant, What is Enlightenment?]]
Man's primary problem isn't sin; it's that he doesn't have the freedom to reason & be enlightened (??)
Background
came from Prussia, wrote under Frederick the Great
Kant - a rationalist who wants to confine reason to the bounds of experience
reason is bound by the condition of possible experience; cannot reason about unexperienced things
so, we can't reason a/b God crating the world because we didn't experience it
...
Map of 19th Century Philosophers
!Map of 19th c. philosophers.png
Class Notes
- speculative massive encompassing system
- everything is idea
- grew out of trying to complete KantKant
Kant
Wrote Kant, What is Enlightenment?
Man's primary problem isn't sin; it's that he doesn't have the freedom to reason & be enlightened (??)
Background
came from Prussia, wrote under Frederick the Great
Kant - a rationalist who wants to confine reason to the bounds of experience
reason is bound by the condition of possible experience; cannot reason about unexperienced things
so, we can't reason a/b God crating the world because we didn't experience it
... (Transcendental Idealism)- Kant's epistemology of the phenomena & noumena (the thing in itself); the noumena is unknowable
- Fichte combines the phenomena & noumena; everything that exists is knowable, at least by an absolute intellect; everything is a self-expression of the World-Spirit; progress of the world is the development of this World-Spirit
- Ended w/ the Death of Hegel