Houlgate, Stephen (2015) Is Hegel’s phenomenology of spirit an essay in transcendental argument? In: Gardner, Gardner and Grist, Matthew, (eds.) The Transcendental Turn. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 173-194. ISBN 9780198724872

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This chapter aims to argue, contra Charles Taylor, that Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit is not ‘an essay in transcendental argument’. To clarify the difference between Hegel’s phenomenology and transcendental argumentation, Kant’s Transcendental Deduction in the first Critique is examined first. Second, a passage from the Introduction to the Phenomenology is considered in which Hegel criticizes what can be called a ‘quasi-transcendental’ approach to ordinary, natural consciousness. Third, Hegel’s own strategy in the Phenomenology itself is examined. The chapter shows that, unlike transcendental philosophy, Hegelian phenomenology never becomes a philosophical theory about consciousness and its conditions, but remains throughout a study of what emerges in and for consciousness. The conclusion considers briefly the consequences of interpreting the Phenomenology as an essay in rigorously phenomenological, rather than transcendental, argument for understanding the relation between the Phenomenology and the Logic.

Item Type:	Book Item
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:	New York
ISBN:	9780198724872
Book Title:	The Transcendental Turn
Editor:	Gardner, Gardner and Grist, Matthew
Official Date:	May 2015
Dates:	Date Event May 2015 Published
Page Range:	pp. 173-194
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
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