PHL217H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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*only page number for citing text on assignment. *the history of philosophy is the history of our gaining greater clarity on a number of problems in and through our previous attempts to answer them. 7*past philosophy: new philosophy (not denying past philosophy) Philosophy as just a number of knowledge, it is not fundamental understating. Without basic understanding, you are being dogmatic"= kantian. *transcendental knowledge: having set up basic knowledge first. *cartesian ontology (descartes) vs hegel (no gap between subject and object, consciousness is the truth) *hegel thinks we need to master past philosophy to come up with new philosophy. *you cannot understand the result" without knowing cause" and process". *even using mathematics they need it to be philosophy: you cannot understand formula. *you cannot understand yourself if you don"t understand your history. *hegel thinks we need to earn the philosophical truths. *actual cognizing: e. g. writing paper about book you need: making your own. Living things are more than just its parts.
