Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit

Dialectical Process

Phenomenological Preliminaries to Philosophy

Subject( I )

Cognition(knowledg

e)Object

(Absolute)

Medium?

Instrument?

Fear of Error

Science(Wissensch

aft)Something

ErrorScience

(Wissenschaft)

Cognition

Science(Cognition)

Absolute(Truth)

Other modes of cognition = other modes of truth• Mathematics• Neuroscience• Drink Mixing

Reject

Worries about cognition as an instrument or medium – Cognition cut off from the

Absolute

Assuming Science can’t get to truth, so as not to need to do the work of Science

Even refuting these ideas/approaches

What is their ‘Notion

’?

I

Cognition

AbsoluteScience (appearence) = not

yet fully developed, worked out or reflexed.

Is this exposition Science?Phenomenal Knowledge

Free and self-moving

Natural Consciousness

(Soul)Stages

(Gestalten)

KnowledgeLife of the Spirit

(Awareness)

The road of doubt and despair?

Natural Consciousness

(Doubt? Skepticism?)

Notion(of Knowledge)

Knowledge(Completed

Notion)

Following one’s own convictions

Giving over to Authority (of third parties)

vs.

(un)realconsciousn

ess

(un)realconsciousn

ess

(un)realconsciousn

essCompletio

n

Natural Consciousness

(untruth)

Progress (determined nothingness)Skepticism

(pure nothingness)

Goals:

Notion (Begriff) Object (Gegenstand)Corresponds to

(entspricht)

Notion (Begriff)Object (Gegenstand)

Consciouness(Notion of

Itself)FREEDOM

Unthinking Inertia

Sentimentality

Skepticism/Vanity

BEYOND

No satisfaction to be found along the way

Methods for carrying out Phenomenological Inquiry

Relating Science to Phenomenal Knowledge

Examination (Prüfung) of reality of cognition

Inquiry

Pressupositions

(AXIOMS)

Criteria

Examination

Standard(in itself, essence)

Thing Examined

How to get out of the contradiction?

Consciousness Cognition(relates/

distinguishes)

The Other

For Consciousn

essIn

Itself

What is knowledge In-Itself?

Consciousness

Knowledge for...

Object In-Itself (truth)

What is Knowledge In-Itself?

Semblence of Dissociation (Trennung) and Presupposition (Voraussetzung)

Knowledge for...

Object In-Itself (truth)

Consciousness

Criteria

Comparisson

Consciousness

Consciousness Object

Just Watching(reine

Zusehen)

Notion

Object

CriteriaWhat is assesse

d

Knowledge vs.

In-Itself

Cosc

ious

nes

sConsciousness

KnowledgeObject

(In-Itself)Object

(for Consciousness)

Experience (Erfahrung)

Course of Experience – Science?

Cosc

ious

nes

s

Consciousness

KnowledgeObject

(In-Itself)Object

(for Consciousness)

Contigency

Necessity

Other Object(chance, externality)

Reality In-Itself!

Consciousness (Experience of Self)

Notion

Entire System of Consciousness

Determined

Period

Determined

PeriodEND

Patterns (Gestalten) of Consciousness