Comment by bowsamic
8 months ago
Religious faith is when you forget everything and do philosophy without assumptions? News to me
Yes it must be waved away, since the categories of metaphysics themselves must be discovered
8 months ago
Religious faith is when you forget everything and do philosophy without assumptions? News to me
Yes it must be waved away, since the categories of metaphysics themselves must be discovered
Religious faith is when you take the words and ideas of a man - ideas that are highly controversial and not widely accepted by philosophers or scientists - and then claim with certainty that they are the absolute truth. It’s one thing to find those ideas interesting, but another entirely to bring this kind of absolute certainty.
Hegel’s work could be described as a hypothesis at best, yet you’re treating it as gospel truth despite the fact that most philosophers find his conclusions untenable and most scientists conclude that he couldn’t have had a proper understanding of science to reach the conclusions that he reached.
Your arguments up to this point are indistinguishable from the claims made by the religious folks in my life who say they have the absolute truth because of their belief in the Bible and relationship with Jesus.
Your only defense of Hegel’s work to this point amounts to “I believe it’s true” and have been entirely circular.