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The Mind from

Descartes to Hegel

Talk by Andy Blunden, 15 February 2011

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Descartes and Consciousness

Rene Descartes (1596-1650)

“De omnibus dubitandum” – Doubt everything

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“I think, therefore I am!”

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Mind/matter: Ontological distinction

Subject/Object:Epistemological relation

Descartes’ mistakeKant

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Herder and CultureThe Romantic reaction to the Enlightenment

Johann Gottfried Herder

(1744-1803)

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God/Nature is Active

Everyone has their Schwerpunkt !

Herder

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God/Nature is Active

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Everyone has their Schwerpunkt !

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Goetheand Romantic Science

Gestalt

(1749-1832)

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UrphänomenGoethe

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Hegel(1770-1831)

Thought-object / Artefact

Subject-Object

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Thought-object / Artefact

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Subject-Object

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• Way of thinking

• Way of Life

• Constellation of artefacts

The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)

Formation of Consciousness

Hegel

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• Way of thinking

• Way of Life

• Constellation of artefacts

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Concept

Hegel

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Hegel’s Idealism

Hegel

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Hegel’s Psychology

Soul (Feeling)

Consciousness(Sensation)

Intellect(Symbols)

Immediate, no relation

Relative to an Other

Relates to Subject-Object

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ActivityActivity

Herder↓

Fichte↓

Hess↓

Marx

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““Unit of Analysis”Unit of Analysis”

Herder↓

Goethe↓

Hegel↓

Marx

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In Conclusion

http://lchc.ucsd.edu/mca/Paper/Genealogy-CHAT.htm

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Genealogy of CHAT:http://lchc.ucsd.edu/mca/Paper/Genealogy-CHAT.htm

Andy Blunden’s Home Pagehttp://home.mira.net/~andy

History of Philosophy on M.I.A.:http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/

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2:30pm – 5pm Tuesday 15th February1:30pm – 4pm Wednesday 15th February2:30pm – 5pm Friday 18th February1:30pm – 4pm Monday 21st February2:30pm – 5pm Tuesday 22nd February2:30pm – 5pm Wednesday 23rd February12:30pm – 5pm Friday 25th February Please book a time with Carol on 082 562 1050

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Program of TalksTuesday 15th Staff Lounge The Mind from Descartes to HegelW’sday 16th Senate Room Marx & Modernity: Mind, Culture & ActivityFriday 18th Staff Lounge Vygotsky & Concept of ConsciousnessMonday 21st Senate Room Is Science a Humanity?Tuesday 22nd Staff Lounge Units & Motives in Activity TheoryW’nsday 23rd Staff Lounge Projects & the Problem of ContextMonday 28th Staff Lounge Vygotsky’s Theory of Child Development


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