PHIL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter Introduction: A Priori And A Posteriori, Empirical Evidence, Critical Thinking
17 Oct 2016
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Georg wilhlm friedrich hegel wrote the book the phenomenology of spirit. People back then had a vision of themselves and the future that allowed them to face the loss of their jobs, even the destruction of their society and the considerable chaos that would follow. Hegel formulated his philosophy on the notion of spirit, by which he means the unity of the world through human consciousness: called dialectic. The importance of ideas and understanding, of making sense out of our world and seeing our lives in some larger, even cosmic, perspective. Ideas define our place in the universe and our relations with other people. Demand for knowledge: knowledge that allows us to understand our lives and the world around us. Philosophy is simply thinking hard about life, about what we have learned, about our place in the world. Philosophy love of wisdom: the attempt to understand who we are and what we think of ourselves.
