phenomenology of spirit
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Phenomenology of Spirit is G.W.F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness and self-awareness through a dialectical progression toward absolute knowledge.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phenomenology of Spirit | 18 |
| Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit | 4 |
| Phänomenologie des Geistes | 2 |
| phenomenology of spirit canonical | 2 |
| Absolute Spirit | 1 |
| Phenomenology (of Spirit as consciousness) | 1 |
| The Phenomenology of Spirit | 1 |
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Target entity: phenomenology of spirit Context triple: [German idealism, hasKeyConcept, phenomenology of spirit]
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Fichtean idealism
Fichtean idealism is a form of German idealist philosophy developed by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that emphasizes the self-positing activity of the ego as the foundation of all reality and knowledge.
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transcendental idealism
Transcendental idealism is Immanuel Kant’s influential theory that human experience of objects is shaped by the mind’s a priori structures, so we can know phenomena as they appear to us but not things-in-themselves.
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A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre)
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) is Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops a transcendental idealist account of the self and its role in constituting knowledge and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: phenomenology of spirit Target entity description: Phenomenology of Spirit is G.W.F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness and self-awareness through a dialectical progression toward absolute knowledge.
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A.
Fichtean idealism
Fichtean idealism is a form of German idealist philosophy developed by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that emphasizes the self-positing activity of the ego as the foundation of all reality and knowledge.
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B.
transcendental idealism
Transcendental idealism is Immanuel Kant’s influential theory that human experience of objects is shaped by the mind’s a priori structures, so we can know phenomena as they appear to us but not things-in-themselves.
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C.
A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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D.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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E.
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre)
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) is Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops a transcendental idealist account of the self and its role in constituting knowledge and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| aim | to trace the development of consciousness toward absolute knowledge ⓘ |
| author |
G. W. F. Hegel
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surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ |
| field | continental philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitleVariant | Phenomenology of Mind ⓘ |
| hasPart |
the Absolute
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surface form:
Absolute Knowledge
Consciousness ⓘ Introduction ⓘ Preface ⓘ Reason ⓘ Religion ⓘ Self-Consciousness ⓘ Spirit ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century continental philosophy
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Alexandre Kojève ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Marxist theory ⓘ Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ Slavoj Žižek ⓘ Theodor W. Adorno ⓘ critical theory ⓘ existentialism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
absolute knowledge
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consciousness ⓘ dialectic ⓘ epistemology ⓘ freedom ⓘ history of consciousness ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ recognition ⓘ self-consciousness ⓘ spirit ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
cunning of reason
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master–slave dialectic ⓘ phenomenology of spirit self-linksurface differs ⓘ unhappy consciousness ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
phenomenology of spirit
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Phänomenologie des Geistes
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| philosophicalPeriod | 19th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | absolute idealism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | German idealism ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Bamberg ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1807 ⓘ |
| publisher | Joseph Anton Goebhardt ⓘ |
| structure | dialectical progression ⓘ |
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