PREMIUM-Ep. 276: Hegel on Perception (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

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🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Focusing on The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), ch. 2 "Perception."

Hegel's critique of the adequacy of perceptual knowledge has metaphysical aspects: The relation of substance to properties, properties to each other, and things to other things and to the perceiver all create difficulties that call for more active participation by the mind.

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0:00.0	The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast Part 1 episodes are designed to be self-contained,
0:12.8	fully satisfying experiences in themselves.
0:15.6	But for hardcore philosophy fans, we record for another hour or so to release behind
0:19.9	our various paywalls to folks that pitch in to help us make this show.
0:24.1	What you're about to hear is a preview of one of these Part 2 episodes, we hope you
0:27.7	enjoy it.
0:28.7	Okay, this is the Partially Examined Life Episode 276 Part 2.
0:33.1	We've been discussing Hagel's phenomenology of Spirit.
0:35.8	We're deep into the Sense Certainty chapter and we'll finish perception here.
0:41.0	Anything else about Sense Certainty?
0:42.4	We're up to about 108109 sections.
0:45.6	1089 is kind of a tirade.
0:49.0	He basically makes fun of people who think that knowledge is really about, this is
0:53.5	their sense objects, that that's what it all boils down to.
0:56.7	That's where we begin.
0:57.7	Everything empiricism does ultimately take a hit here, even though perception is the more
1:02.2	advanced form of empiricism.
1:04.2	But he says at the bottom of the section 109, in this respect, we can tell those who assert
1:09.7	the truth and certainty of the reality of Sense Objects, say that as scornfully as you
1:15.4	can, the certainty of the reality of Sense Objects, that they should go back to the most
1:19.9	elementary school of wisdom vis-à-vis the ancient Elyucinian mysteries of series and
1:26.1	Bacchus, that they have still to learn the secret meaning of the eating of bread and the
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