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Absolute Knowledge: Hegel and the Problem of Metaphysics
- GenresPhilosophy
199 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1983
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Alan White
8 books6 followersAlan White is Mark Hopkins Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.
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May 29, 2017
A very thorough refutation of Schelling's critiques of Hegel's philosophy point by point.
The main claim of White is that >if< Hegel is a transcendental ontologist then none of Schelling's points reach any mark that strikes Hegel. Even the most dire charge, the one that claims Hegel's philosophy cannot satisfy the demands of philosophy as such even if it satisfies its own systematic demands, don't stick according to white since the question becomes one of what philosophy is.
That said, White is no mere defender of Hegelianism. Though he takes Hegel's system to provide the absolute ground for philosophy's activity relating to real problems, it is not as a whole an elaboration of all problems and their solutions nor practical ways of realizing them.
The main claim of White is that >if< Hegel is a transcendental ontologist then none of Schelling's points reach any mark that strikes Hegel. Even the most dire charge, the one that claims Hegel's philosophy cannot satisfy the demands of philosophy as such even if it satisfies its own systematic demands, don't stick according to white since the question becomes one of what philosophy is.
That said, White is no mere defender of Hegelianism. Though he takes Hegel's system to provide the absolute ground for philosophy's activity relating to real problems, it is not as a whole an elaboration of all problems and their solutions nor practical ways of realizing them.
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