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- Dear Group,Hegel's # 125 Perception paragraph:It's all about an object's relation to other objects. Again, Hegel emphasizes that the characteristic of a thing (as it is perceived and as its conceptual object is developed), is its initial determination, and must oppose all other perceived entities considered as its other. Such an object does this in order to preserve itself (für sich). But it is an on- going developing object in the perceptual process and it is only a ‘one’ as it does not immediately relate to other entities. However the developing object must eventually relate to other entities, and thus give up its ‘self-existence.’ This is its undoing. It only has being on other things' account. The relation is forced on it because of its developing characteristics. In the realm of appearances and unfulfilled images of truth the consciously developed object ‘collapses.’ It is sorely in need of additional conceptual development. The reader should be aware that Hegel is referring to a conceptual object that is riddled with phenomenal doubt. Analyses of such empirical doubt goes back to the ancient Greeks. It has been with us all of this time.Happy Thanksgiving,Bob Fanelli
- Hi Bob,I think this is part of the answer. Hegel clearly makes a point that Perceptual Consciousness perceives a world of Things that are separate from each other.Perceptual Consciousness is clearly EVOLVED beyond the simple-minded "This" "That" "Me!" "You!" "Here" "There" mentality of Sense-certain Consciousness.Finally, with Perception -- the ordinary mode of human Consciousness -- humans have EVOLVED to see a world of countless Separate Things -- a world in which all the Things have NAMES.The classic paradigm of this feature is the mythology of Genesis 2, in which God calls upon Adam to NAME all the animals. We humans have this power -- the power to NAME. We name not only animals, but everything else in the Cosmos.We have the power of NOUNS.We are not yet EVOLVED to the level of a Scientific Analysis of each Thing -- that will come later in Hegel's narrative -- but for this moment, we have EVOLVED to the level of Perceptual Consciousness. This is common sense around the world today.For the most part -- we measure (judge) people by how many NOUNS they know.My point stands, because this section on Perception does not stand on its own, but is dialectically deduced from Hegel's section on Sense-certain Consciousness, and then dialectically deduces Hegel's section on Understanding Consciousness -- the truly Scientific approach.EVOLUTION has clearly done this -- despite the Skeptics -- EVOLUTION has clearly produced the Scientists.This will be Hegel's point. From the apes to the Scientists. This is the Phenomenology of the Real World.There is a definite Progress -- from Blind Matter to Intelligence capable of Design. The facts are obvious.Happy Holidays,--Paul.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Sunday, November 25, 2018, 2:09:44 PM CST, robert fanelli robertfanelli2001@... [hegel] <hegel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Dear Group,Hegel's # 125 Perception paragraph:It's all about an object's relation to other objects. Again, Hegel emphasizes that the characteristic of a thing (as it is perceived and as its conceptual object is developed), is its initial determination, and must oppose all other perceived entities considered as its other. Such an object does this in order to preserve itself (für sich). But it is an on- going developing object in the perceptual process and it is only a ‘one’ as it does not immediately relate to other entities. However the developing object must eventually relate to other entities, and thus give up its ‘self-existence.’ This is its undoing. It only has being on other things' account. The relation is forced on it because of its developing characteristics. In the realm of appearances and unfulfilled images of truth the consciously developed object ‘collapses.’ It is sorely in need of additional conceptual development. The reader should be aware that Hegel is referring to a conceptual object that is riddled with phenomenal doubt. Analyses of such empirical doubt goes back to the ancient Greeks. It has been with us all of this time.Happy Thanksgiving,Bob Fanelli