On Being/Entity in the Phenomenological View of Hegel
Abstract
This article explores G.W.F. Hegel’s conception of "Being" and the process of knowledge as presented in his phenomenological framework. The author analyzes the initial stage of "sensory certainty," where the subject perceives the object as an immediate, independent entity. The study follows the Hegelian dialectic as this perceived certainty collapses into the "truth of the universal," leading to the emergence of self-consciousness through the struggle for recognition. Chalvantzis examines the famous "Master-Slave" dialectic, illustrating how the subject moves from a state of desire and consumption of the "Other" to a complex internal mediation where natural existence and conceptual understanding converge. By contrasting Hegel’s approach with Kantian metaphysics, the paper elucidates the transition from subjective certainty to absolute knowledge, where the object is no longer an external "thing-in-itself" but a manifestation of the Spirit's own movement.
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Chalvantzis, S. (2020). On Being/Entity in the Phenomenological View of Hegel . Ηθική. Περιοδικό φιλοσοφίας, (11), 111–120. https://doi.org/10.12681/ethiki.22768
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