Hegelian
German idealist's school
Hegelian describes ideas, methods, or people connected to the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the 19th-century German philosopher.
His system centers on dialectical reasoning—the notion that contradictions drive historical and intellectual development through thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
Hegelian dialectics influenced Marx.
A Hegelian is someone who follows or studies Hegel's philosophy.
Academic argument requiring defense
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- negationDenial or cancellation
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
triadic · opposition · reconciliation · supersession · double negation · speculative · progression · becoming
Total, without qualification
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
- subjectMatter under discussion
- world-soulSpirit animating all existence
freedom · self-determination · rationality · actuality · substance · essence · appearance
Study of subjective experience
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- architectonicRelating to systematic design
science · method · tripartite · circular · organic · whole · completeness · necessity
German economic philosopher
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- historicismEra determines truth claims
- master-slaveControl hierarchy pairing
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
Existing as something
- nothingNot any thing
- becomingAttractive or appropriate
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- notionImprecise mental impression
particularity · individuality · universality · identity · difference · ground · existence · actuality
thesis
Academic argument requiring defense
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- negationDenial or cancellation
contradiction · triadic · opposition · reconciliation · supersession · double negation · speculative · progression · becoming · mediation
absolute
Total, without qualification
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
- subjectMatter under discussion
world-soul · freedom · self-determination · rationality · actuality · substance · essence · appearance
phenomenology
Study of subjective experience
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
architectonic · science · method · tripartite · circular · organic · whole · completeness · necessity
Marx
German economic philosopher
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- historicismEra determines truth claims
- master-slaveControl hierarchy pairing
being
Existing as something
notion · particularity · individuality · universality · identity · difference · ground · existence · actuality · concept
Hegelianempiricist
Knowledge-from-experience advocate
positivist · analytic · materialist · empirical · Kantian
Hegelianempirical
Based on observation, not theory
analytic · reductionist · atomistic · ahistorical · static
Hegelianfragmentary
Consisting of incomplete parts
skeptical · nihilistic · deconstructionist · postmodern · aphoristic