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Gregory B. Sadler
19th Century Philosophy: G.W.F. Hegel
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Intro to Philosophy: G.W.F. Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit, Introduction
by Gregory B. Sadler 8,356 views
In this lecture/discussion session from my Spring 2013 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, we tackle the Introduction to a very challenging philosophical work, Georg William Friedrich Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. I lead the students through some of the basic themes discussed in this very dense but short section of Hegel's masterwork, introducting them to some of the key ideas of Hegel's dialectical philosophy, including the nature of consciousness, knowledge as instrument and medium, what he could possibly mean by "the Absolute", what a "Science of Experience of Consciousness" consists in, the progress of the dialectic, and the dead ends of natural consciousness and skepticism
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Intro to Philosophy, G.W.F. Hegel, Self-Consciousness and Master-Slave Dialectic
by Gregory B. Sadler 2,632 views
In this video lecture/discussion session from my Spring 2013 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, we look at one of the most often referenced sections of G.W.F. Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, his discussions of Self-Consciousness and the Master-Slave Dialectic. I walk the students through some of the dialectical developments in this difficult section, and we end by discussing how the Slave continues to develop while the Master stagnates
