If you are only beginning to learn Hegelianism, the best translation is one simply to be accepted by the authority conferred by it’s general use by an institutionally recognized body of experts. When you become acquainted with the thought unbound by its immediate presentation in … Continue reading Rectifying Language: Hegel’s Dasein
Ludwig Wittgenstein famously claimed that, “If a lion could speak, we could not understand him” (PI, p.223). Many interesting interpretations of this abound, and here is yet another. I am here not interested in considering what Wittgenstein meant by this in his own context of … Continue reading If Lions Could Speak, They Wouldn’t Say Much: A Hegelian Reflection on Wittgenstein’s Linguistic Life Worlds
The notion of a logically perfect language is old both in the East and the West, and for some time was considered one of the most important pursuits in philosophy. It is strange that this notion is now considered almost universally outdated, and something to … Continue reading Hegelian Rational Linguistics
Ever read a philosophy paper or essay, find strange new terms, and just scratch your head? So many philosophers, such varied terms, so many logics! Each system and tradition has its own lexicon of terms; wouldn’t it be nice if they just talked in simple everyday language? We certainly wouldn’t be the first to be complaining, for philosophers themselves already have.
The Empyrean Trail 