Question. "Describe the historical develpoment of Continental philosophy's existentialism and phenomenology as a response to Hegelian isealism." If anyone can help point me in the right direction.
2006-08-27 04:39:56 · 4 answers · asked by goddessofthewind 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Hegelian Idealism. Hegel's philosophy is gener-
ally described as Absolute Idealism. Carl Michelet, one
of Hegel's leading nineteenth-century followers, said
that in Absolute Idealism, Subjective and Objective
Idealism are united. It is characteristic of Idealism, he
wrote, to regard thought as fundamental in the world,
but in the Subjective Idealism of Kant and Fichte the
objective world is neglected in favor of merely subjec-
tive mind, and in the Objective Idealism of Schelling
subjectivity is lost in an impersonal cosmic order.
Hegel, according to Michelet, reinstated Aristotle's
teaching that thought and its object are identical in
what is free from matter: “theoretical knowledge and
its object are the same” (De anima III. 4). According
to Michelet, Hegel combined Idealism with Realism
by means of his dialectical method in which the
thought of the philosopher becomes identical with the
objective development of reality (Geschichte der letzten
Systeme der Philosophie in Deutschland, I, Berlin
[1837], 34 and II, Berlin [1838], 602-11).
2006-08-27 04:45:07 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For existentialism, look up Camus, Jean Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger and Simone de Beauvoir. For Phenomenology, look up Edmund Husserl. The 'continental' cited is European continent. I suggest that you cite first the elements of Hegel's idealism and why existentialists and phenomelogists arose and what were the sources of dissatisfaction of the latter two with regard to idealism.
2006-08-27 11:48:59 · answer #2 · answered by Bummerang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geeze! I can understand why you would be going nuts over this! I'm not even sure I understand what it's saying! Good luck! It might be a good idea to re-post this in the philosophy category, too.
2006-08-27 11:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read your text book, chances are you've covered this in class I'm guessing. ;) but take the pieces apart, honey.... I did simple searches on yahoo....
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http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Continental+philosophy+existentialism&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t500&x=wrt
There's a mountain of info here. Search through it.
2006-08-27 11:48:50 · answer #4 · answered by I'm just me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋