2017/06/06 by Karin de Boer · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Contemporary philosophy #Context (archaeology) #Epistemology #Hegelianism #History #Linguistics #Modern philosophy #Philosophical Ethics and Theory #Philosophy #Philosophy education #Philosophy of computer science #Political Economy and Marxism #Practical philosophy #Reading (process) #Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
paper · open access · doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199355228.013.29
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This chapter examines Hegel’s lectures on the history of modern philosophy in view of the tension between, on the one hand, his ambition to grasp philosophy’s past in a truly philosophical way and, on the other hand, the necessity to account for the actual particularities of a wide range of philosophical systems. Hegel’s lectures are put in relief by comparing their methodological principles to those put forward by his Kantian predecessor Tennemann. After discussing Hegel’s conception of modern philosophy as a whole, the chapter turns to his reading of Locke, Leibniz, and, in particular, Kant. In this context, it also compares Hegel’s assessment of Kant’s achievements to that of Tennemann. The chapter concludes by considering Hegel’s account of the final moment of the history of philosophy.