Hegel on Pseudo-Philosophy : Reading the Preface to the Phenomenology of ...

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Hegel on Pseudo-PhilosophyReading the Preface to the \""Phenomenology of Spirit\""\nAuthor(s): Andrew Alexander Davis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350347755, 978-1350347755\nSynopsis\nThe preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit [tel] is one of the most widely-read texts in Hegels corpus, and yet we still lack a clear understanding of its aims. Providing a fresh perspective on Hegels preface, Andrew Davis contends that it should be read as an overview of what philosophy is not.\n\nContesting previous investigations that have assumed Hegels purpose in the preface is to introduce the reader to his own philosophical method, Davis moves Hegels positive comments about the nature of philosophy to the background. This is, after all, where they belong in a preface, according to Hegelian philosophy, as Hegel contends that the actual nature of philosophy cannot be presented in advance of specific inquiries. \n\n.