2006-09-20 13:54:02 · 4 answers · asked by hunnk33 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I assume you're studying Hegel. Autonomous, in his sense, is a subject that is independant from the object of knowledge. That is to say there is no preferred perspective, the object is contemplated as a thing in itself. An autonomous perception would be the perception of something independantly (autonomously) from the subject- object rapport.
This is metaphysics, so yes, it is pretty abstract. I found a site where they elaborate on it.
Good luck.
2006-09-20 14:03:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The notion of autonomy also appears in Kant. There, it refers to the autonomous rational subject, who is a moral lawmaker. See http://www.quodlibet.net/kant.shtml
2006-09-20 21:33:35 · answer #2 · answered by sokrates 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greek: autos (self, as in auto-matic) and nomos (law, as in nomology, the science of law). Thus autonomous = self-law, or self-governing, or independent.
Literally, as I understood your question.
2006-09-20 21:12:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-20 21:42:04 · answer #4 · answered by Rico Toasterman JPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋