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>Hegel aims to discover the fundamental structure of everything from pure reflection alone. Ok, so after his navel-gazing was tested against observation, how a
by Causality1 7y ago
>Hegel aims to discover the fundamental structure of everything from pure reflection alone.
Ok, so after his navel-gazing was tested against observation, how accurate was it at describing life, the universe, and everything?
The problem with linking small pieces of science to large works of metaphysics is like finding shapes in the clouds or "Five ways TV shows predicted the future!" If you have enough material to sift through you can draw a circle in it and decide this particular piece of the morass is significant while ignoring the rest of the meaningless unfalsifiable piffle.
- beat 7y agoIf you read Hegel (or read someone interpreting him, I don't recommend reading Hegel unless you're a masochist), you'll find a key part of his approach was the limitations of observation. And Hegel wasn't even first to the gate on that one - philosophers have been questioning the value of observation relative to a comprehensive understanding of reality since the ancient Greeks (and the ancient Chinese, if you bring Taoism into it). There's a lot more to it than "meaningless unfalsifiable piffle".
- coldtea 7y ago>Ok, so after his navel-gazing was tested against observation, how accurate was it at describing life, the universe, and everything? Judging by its adoption, quite a lot.