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Hegel’s Epistemological Realism

A Study of the Aim and Method of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Kenneth R. Westphal

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 43)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 1-3

  3. Problems of Knowledge and Problems with Epistemology

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 4-17

  4. Descartes’s Defense of the Metaphysical Certainty of Empirical Knowledge

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 18-34

  5. Kant on the Objectivity of Empirical Knowledge

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 35-46

  6. Some Aspects of Empiricism and Empirical Knowledge

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 47-67

  7. William Alston on Justification and Epistemic Circularity

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 68-90

  8. Some Basic Methodological Considerations of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 91-99

  9. Self-Criticism and Criteria of Truth

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 100-114

  10. The Self-Critical Activity of Consciousness

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 115-128

  11. Some Further Methodological Considerations

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 129-139

  12. Hegel’s Idealism and Epistemological Realism

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 140-148

  13. The Structure of Hegel’s Argument in the Phenomenology of Spirit

    • Kenneth R. Westphal
    Pages 149-188

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 189-309
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About this book

The scope of this study is both ambitious and modest. One of its ambitions is to reintegrate Hegel's theory of knowledge into main stream epist~ology. Hegel's views were formed in consideration of Classical Skepticism and Modern epistemology, and he frequently presupposes great familiarity with other views and the difficulties they face. Setting Hegel's discussion in the context of both traditional and contemporary epistemology is therefore necessary for correctly interpreting his issues, arguments, and views. Accordingly, this is an issues-oriented study. I analyze Hegel's problematic and method by placing them in the context of Sextus Empiricus, Descartes, Kant, Carnap, and William Alston. I discuss Carnap, rather than a Modern empiricist such as Locke or Hume, for several reasons. One is that Hegel himself refutes a fundamental presupposition of Modern empiricism, the doctrine of "knowledge by acquaintance," in the first chapter of the Phenomenology, a chapter that cannot be reconstructed within the bounds of this study.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

    Kenneth R. Westphal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hegel’s Epistemological Realism

  • Book Subtitle: A Study of the Aim and Method of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

  • Authors: Kenneth R. Westphal

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2342-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0193-6Published: 30 April 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7554-1Published: 30 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2342-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 310

  • Topics: Epistemology, Phenomenology

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