In the "Observation of Organic Nature" chapter of the _Phenomenology_, paragraphs 285-294, Hegel has a good deal to say about numbers. He starts out in a very...
The question that pops into my mind here, is: how does Hegel compare to Goethe in this respect? Hegel seems somewhat more progressive, but then seems to fall...
Hello Ralph, John ... It's interesting here how you associate the emphasis of numbers with "progressive" and Hegel's emphasis on quanity as "archaic". Hegel's...
Thanks for the quotes, Randall. To say that quality comes first, then quantity--that sounds right to me. You could have the triad: The Idea Quantity Quality. ...
... This is revolutionary in terms of objective science, usually "quality" is completely ignored. Most scientist dogmatically make the argument that if you...
Hegel defines Reason as "the certainty of consciousness that it is all reality." This, according to Hegel, is also the central assertion of Idealism. But as it...
Bob Wallace, Thanks for your response to my comments on Hegel's infinite and finite. Yes, I would welcome your E Mailing Chapter 3. Reading it would give me...
Dear Bob, Thanks for your interest. And John, thanks for reminding us (me included) about the chapter's availability at the Hegel-Religion files section. Let...
Many thanks for all the advice which I will certainly follow. In summary this I think is... Kai.... Lectures on the History of Philosophy Encyclopedia,...
I would also recommend the following for someone new to Hegel (but not philosophy): *Hegel: Texts and Commentary by Walter Kauffman -- a translation with...
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The material promised on a philosophy of history in relation to evolutionary questions echoing Kant's 'idea for a universal history' is now online. New Web...
Hegel differentiates between external and internal teleology. The "Teleology" chapter of the SL gives a detailed account of external teleology. Basically...
In a message dated 11/10/05 3:33:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hello John, your observations are very important, they deserve a closer look. My own view is...
In a message dated 11/13/2005 10:22:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, cghudson@... writes: Thank you, John, for your very thorough reply to my queries....
In a message dated 11/13/05 5:18:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... The weakness of science is that it may be unclear from the start if a particular hypothesis...
Hi all, In my efforts to learn German I have recently taken to the old Scottish expedient of reading the New Testamant in that language, having picked up a ...
To all -I recently read some remarks by Lacan on Hegel.While he gave Hegel credit as a master and one who advanced the schools of philosophy he also has a...
... Yes, I think it's Hegel's idea that the progress of philosophy is the progress of the 'schools' which are the expression of the abolute of their time - the...
Hello Beat-Thank you for your reply. I dont know if Lacan ever read Science of Logic-I know he was a close friend of Jean Hyppolite who translated Phenomenolgy...
Stephen, your analysis is correct in that science does not recognize its predjiduce in its abstraction-catagory. My question is not relating to the basic...
As this is a philosophy group, and Hegel described early-on the point of his philosophy as being to "put God back at the centre of philosophy" (I quote from...
In a message dated 12/3/05 12:58:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hello again, I don't recall the thread that originated these questions. I don't recall if I...
Stephen, I would be interested in an elaboration on these remarks as well. Such claims do not strike me as being Hegelian at all. From a strictly Hegelian...
In a message dated 12/3/05 10:33:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Neo-Darwinists (those faithful few of creationevolutiondebate) contend that evolution is...
... Hucklebird, How is Neo-Darwinianism not in accord with Popper's falsification principle ... Really? What about the hundred billion mutations (or...
In a message dated 12/3/05 12:39:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Dear Randall There is a tendency to reinterpret all the evidence to fit into the a-priori ...
I quite concur with Randall on the issue of dogmatism at work in Stephen's comments. However, apart from the fact that it's simply false that evolution is...
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