Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Philosopher of German Idealism and Dialectical Reasoning
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a key figure in the philosophy of history, known for his contributions to German idealism. He advocated for dialectical reasoning as the method of progress in human thought. Explore his work, including "Science of Logic," "Phenomenology of Spirit," "Philosophy of History," and "Elements of the Philosophy of Right." Learn about Hegel's influence on historical research and his ideas on history as the self-creation of man and the role of human labor in the historical process.
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Introduction Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 1831), who left his deepest mark upon the philosophy of history, is commonly regarded as the representative philosopher of German idealism in the post-Kantian era He attributes the unfolding of concepts of reality in terms of the pattern of dialectical reasoning (thesis antithesis synthesis) that Hegel believed to be the only method of progress in human thought,
His Work 1.Hegel's Science of Logic, tr. by A. V. Miller (Humanity, 1998) 2. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit, tr. by A. V. Miller and J. N. Findlay (Oxford, 1979) 3. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophy of History, tr. by J. Sibree (Dover, 1956) 4. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, tr. by A. Wood and H. Nisbet (Cambridge, 1991)
His Contribution to Historical Research Hegel s ideas also reached the social sciences by a different channel: via the philosophy of History Hegel the conception of history as the self-creation of man and the idea (first expounded by Hegel in the Phenomenology) that the prime motive force of the historical process is human labor, or the practical activity of men in society. The Hegelian concept of dialectical change can be, and has been, reformulated as a description organisms create their own environment and are in turn influenced by it. Hegel to account for natural processes, the idea of a dialectical interrelationship between man and his environment is clearly of general application, and it may be that the long-run Hegel s philosophy for the social sciences will be found to lie in this kind of approach of processes whereby social
