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Intelektuálně arogantní Hegel: Hermeneutika výkladu v Dějinách filozofie
| Title in English | Intellectually Arrogant Hegel: Hermeneutics of Interpretation in the History of Philosophy |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In my paper I address the question of whether the hermeneutics of Hegel's interpretation in Lectures on the History of Philosophy can be described as intellectually humble. The approach taken in this work is characterized as assimilative and I briefly explain why Hegel uses it. I draw on primarily from the position of the Lectures on the History of Philosophy in the system of Hegel's philosophy, and the introduction to them. I then briefly introduce intellectual humility as the virtue standing between intellectual arrogance and servility, which is directed not only towards its bearer but also towards third parties. With reference to empirical research, I briefly outline the benefits that accompany it, which are relevant to philosophical inquiry. I then define criteria of behaviour that could be described as intellectually humble. I then focus on Hegel's assimilative hermeneutic approach and I assess whether it is an intellectually humble act. I conclude that Hegel's approach to the history of philosophy is not intellectually humble, but instead shows signs of arrogance. Hegel does not regard other philosophers as his equals and interprets history in terms of his own system, which he regards as the pinnacle of development. In this paper I do not evaluate Hegel as a person, nor his hermeneutical approach in other works, especially the Phenomenology of Spirit. I am concerned with a particular way of acting, assimilative interpretation, in a particular work, the Lectures on History of Philosophy. |
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