1. German classical philosophy (XVII c. – first half of XIX c.)
Department of Philosophy and Psychology
Lecturer: PhD, docent
Elena Shevchenko
German classical philosophy (XVII c. – first half of XIX c.)
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2. Lection’s plan German Classical Philosophy (G.C.P.)
GCF value in the history of Philosophy
The originality and features of GCP
Characteristics of GCP
Epistemology of GCP
Representatives of GCP and features of them philosophy
The philosophy of Immanuel Kant
Philosophy of Hegel
Ontology and dialectics
Stages of development of the World Spirit 2

3. Requirements for knowledge and skills
Features and novelty GCP, represented by Kant, Hegel, Fichte, Feuerbach and others.
Characteristics of GCP.
The general ideological and theoretical roots of the classical philosophers.
Authors and terminology of GCP.
Skills
To be able to project a philosophical outlook on the area of the material and practical activities.
To be able to analyze your views in the context of general development ideas. 3

4. Material for knowledge recovery
To prepare for the topic “German Classical Philosophy” you must repeat the basic ontology and methodology issues:
Modern philosophy
Classical period of Antique Philosophy. 4

5. Contents German Classical Philosophy Main concepts Academic material
Questions for self-examination
Recommended books 5

6. Main concepts German Classical Philosophy Absolute Absolute idea
Absolute spirit
Antithesis
A priory
The “thing in itself”
Principles of dialectics
Categorical imperative
Objective spirit
Subjective spirit
Transcedental 6

7. Academic material German Classical Philosophy
Representatives and their role
Kant
Fichte
Hegel
Schelling
Feuerbach
“Classical philosophy” means the highest level of its representatives and importance of philosophical issues.
Representatives of GCP summed up the development of philosophical thought in modern times.
Representatives of GCP did new formulation of many philosophical issues that were not resolved by rationalism or empirism. 7

8. Academic material Innovation:
Innovation and features of GCP
Innovation:
The knowing that human doesn’t live in the natural world, but he lives in the world of culture.
Rational-theoretical understanding of the phenomena of mind and reality.
Features:
Systematic and coherent explanation of the world, which is based on the natural order and harmony of the world, open for rational understanding.
The natural order is due to the interdependence of processes.
It means that whole history of philosophy is an integrity. 8

9. Academic material German classical philosophy Characteristics of GCP
Understanding of the special role of philosophy in the history of human being: philosophy is “critical conscience of culture”, “the soul of culture”.
The study of human history and human nature.
Develop a holistic concept of dialectics.
Philosophy as a special system of ideas.
Epistemology
The natural order is the goal of knowledge.
The world is how it has created by human mind according pre-given plan (idealism of German classical philosophy).
Следовательно, Philosophical conclusions about the structure of the world have the same degree of accuracy as the conclusions of geometry or mathematics. There are, for example, mathematical science and priory scheme of Kant or Fichte’s “intellectual intuition, etc. 9

10. Academic material Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Рисунок
First Kant considered knowledge as an activities that takes place according its own principles.
The main books are – «Critique of Pure Reason» (Epistemology), «Critique of Practical Reason (ethics), «The critique of Judgment» (aesthetics).
Periods of art: before critical period ( ) (cosmological issues). Critical period (after 1770 year) (epistemology and ethics issues). 10

11. Academic material Hegel (1770-1831)
Рисунок
Main books: «Phenomenology of spirit», «Science logic», «Encyclopedia of Philosophy».
There are three parts of philosophical system: logic, philosophy of nature and philosophy of spirit. The logic is the domain of “pure thought” (before subject and object). 11

12. Academic material Ontology and dialectics of Hegel
Main idea of Hegel’s ontology –
thinking is equivalent to being
Reason is the substance
The basis of the world is an idealistic start “absolute idea”, which is in the process of development and formation.
The development of ideas is a dialectical process, based on the struggle of contrudictions. 12

13. Principles and categories of dialectics
The principle of transition of quantitative change to qualitative change.
The principle of unity and struggle of opposites.
Denial principle.
Categories:
Essence
Contents
Common
Principle
Phenomenon
Form
Single
Random

14. Three stages of the World Spirit’s development (Hegel)
Third stage. Synthesis. It’s being of “Absolute spirit world”
Second stage. Antithesis. It’s being of nature. In which the idea turns.
First stage. Thesis. It is before nature being of “pure idea” into logical categories and concepts.

15. At the third stage the World Spirit begins to manifest itself in human society.
3. Being of Absolute Spirit. It is the infinite freedom, expressed in art, religion and philosophy. Absolute Spirit is the ultimate manifestation of the spirit. It is always effective truth.
2. Being of Objective Spirit. It is common human reason expressed in various forms of social life: family, the state, politics, etc.
1. Being of Subjective Spirit. It is the logic of the individual. Subjective Spirit is the individual mind.

16. Art – (thesis). It is an individual project of the Absolute idea.
Through the human conscious activity it is able to understand the principles of the spirit. And it is able to give higher meaning for natural and social progress.
Art – (thesis). It is an individual project of the Absolute idea.
Religion – (antithesis for art). Absolute idea disclosed to human by God in the form of revelation.
Philosophy – (synthesis of art and religion). It is the knowledge of God-given and understandable for people. Philosophy is a full disclosure of all truth. It is higher knowledge.
Humanity and World Spirit will understand themselves and achieved complete freedom.

17. Acquired knowledge
Knowledge of German classical philosophy, represented by Kant, Hegel, Fichte, Feuerbach and others.
Knowledge of the common ideological and theoretical roots of the classical philosophers.
Knowledge the authors and terminology of GCP.
Knowledge the main concepts and categories of GCP. 17

18. Questions for self-examination
Name the historical framework and the main features of the GCP.
What the features of the Kant’s philosophy of the before critical and critical periods?
What are the fundamental principles of the dialectics, Hegel formulated?
Describe the essence of Cant’s Categorical Imperative.
Which of problems have been devoted to study the Kant’s book “Critique of practical reason”?
What is an epistemology of GCP?
What are the main principles and categories of dialectics?
What is the difference between classical philosophy and non-classical philosophy? 18

19. Recommended books
1. Introduction in Philosophy : Textbook for higher education. – М., 2003.
2. Philosophy: Textbook for higher education/ edited by
V.N. Lavrinenko, V.P.Ratnikov. М.,2001
3. Philosophical dictionary / edited by I.Т. Frolov. – М., 2001
4. Guliga А.V. German classical philosophy. – М., 1986.
5. Human. Thinkers of the past and present about his life, death and non-death. XVIII century. – М., 1991. 19

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