the mind from descartes to hegel talk by andy blunden, 15 february 2011

The Mind from

Descartes to Hegel

Talk by Andy Blunden, 15 February 2011

Descartes and Consciousness

Rene Descartes (1596-1650)

“De omnibus dubitandum” – Doubt everything

“I think, therefore I am!”

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Mind/matter: Ontological distinction

Subject/Object:Epistemological relation

Descartes’ mistakeKant

Herder and CultureThe Romantic reaction to the Enlightenment

Johann Gottfried Herder

(1744-1803)

God/Nature is Active

Everyone has their Schwerpunkt !

Herder

God/Nature is Active

Everyone has their Schwerpunkt !

Goetheand Romantic Science

Gestalt

(1749-1832)

UrphänomenGoethe

Hegel(1770-1831)

Thought-object / Artefact

Subject-Object

Thought-object / Artefact

Subject-Object

• Way of thinking

• Way of Life

• Constellation of artefacts

The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)

Formation of Consciousness

Hegel

• Way of thinking

• Way of Life

• Constellation of artefacts

Concept

Hegel

Hegel’s Idealism

Hegel

Hegel’s Psychology

Soul (Feeling)

Consciousness(Sensation)

Intellect(Symbols)

Immediate, no relation

Relative to an Other

Relates to Subject-Object

ActivityActivity

Herder↓

Fichte↓

Hess↓

Marx

““Unit of Analysis”Unit of Analysis”

Herder↓

Goethe↓

Hegel↓

Marx

In Conclusion

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

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

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