Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit A Critical Guide [Paperback]

This collection of essays demonstrates the need for contemporary philosophers to engage with Hegel.This collection of essays examines all aspects of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, from its argumentative strategies to its continuing relevance to philosophical debates. In showing clearly that we have not yet exhausted the Phenomenology's insights, it demonstrates the need for contemporary philosophers to engage with Hegel.This collection of essays examines all aspects of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, from its argumentative strategies to its continuing relevance to philosophical debates. In showing clearly that we have not yet exhausted the Phenomenology's insights, it demonstrates the need for contemporary philosophers to engage with Hegel.Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, first published in 1807, is a work with few equals in systematic integrity, philosophical originality and historical influence. This collection of essays, contributed by leading Hegel scholars, examines all aspects of the work, from its argumentative strategies to its continuing relevance to philosophical debates. The collection combines close analysis with wide-ranging coverage of the text, and also traces connections with debates extending beyond Hegel scholarship, including issues in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, ethics, and philosophy of religion. In showing clearly that we have not yet exhausted the Phenomenology's insights, it demonstrates the need for contemporary philosophers to engage with Hegel.Preface; 1. Substance, subject, system: the justification of science in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit Dietmar H. Heidemann; 2. 'Science of the phenomenology of spirit': Hegel's program and its implementation Hans-Friedrich Fulda; 3. The Phenomenology of Spirit as a 'transcendentalistic' argument for a monistic ontology Rolf-Peter Horstmann; 4. Sense certainty and the 'this-such' Willem A. deVries; 5. From desire to recognition: Hegel's account of human sl£Ù