Essays Tagged: "Philosophy of history"
Originality of Philosophy
What is philosophy? What does a philosopher really do? Questionslike these can be answered in a review of Ph ... e "Bakunin: Anarchist orAntichrist?", "Practical Solipsism", "Introduction to Ontology", "Orwell andPhilosophy", some other brief articles, an Internet page, and even someclassifieds. The overall view ... ine. The articles are more in the manner meant for either philosophersor someone in school studying Philosophy, or even anyone interested in avery different approach to society.An idea in the article ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Is Hegels' philosphy of history valid?
The question as to whether Hegel's Philosophy of History is valid has been a widely debated topic amongst Philosophers, Historians and ... phers, Historians and many more since his death in 1831. From beginning to end, the Lectures on the Philosophy of History have been under critical scrutiny from a variety of interpretations. Joseph Mc ... al scrutiny from a variety of interpretations. Joseph Mc Carney acknowledges the failure of Hegel's Philosophy of History to preserve itself as a coherent entity, "from the mid 1930's it began to spli ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Theory of Knowledge: 'A historian must combine the rigour of the scientist with the imagination of an artist.' To what extent, then, can the historian be confident about his her conclusions?
cific certainties. In order to evaluate the conclusions, all ways of knowing are to be applied. The philosophy of history, or historiography, is to be addressed when evaluating these results. It is co ... y and hence subjectivity. Hayden White explained that 'the principal difference between history and philosophy of history is that the latter brings the conceptual apparatus by which the facts are orde ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Women in African Texts: Looking at the portrayal of women in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Dark, Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God, and the African Storyteller's Gamboler of the Plain
ultimately superior to women.The first text I noticed these characteristics was in Hegel’s The Philosophy of History in which he discusses that according to some African traditions, when a King d ... alling prey to their own free will.Unproductive and dependent on men for survival, Hegel’s The Philosophy of History relates the story of a failed society constructed completely of women. Ruled b ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Socioligist Max Weber
attempt a historical and analytical study of the themes sounded so strongly in G.W.F. Hegel’s philosophy of history, especially the theme, which Weber took as his own. Along with this emphasis o ... allenging secondary education of his time, which he studied law, along with history, economics, and philosophy. Weber also served time in the military which he felt was incredible waste of Perry 2 Max ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Sociological Theory: Karl Marx: Major Features of Capitalist Mode of Production
al thinker and that his claim to recognition lies in the fact of his remarkable synthesis of German Philosophy, French Sociology and English Economics of his time. He collected the stray and isolated ... ent a coherent picture of a social organization, at once dynamic and in a state of flux. First is a philosophy of history anchored in the theory of Dialectical Materialism, which is manifested in a re ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Sociological Theory: Karl Marx: Major features of capitalist mode of production
al thinker and that his claim to recognition lies in the fact of his remarkable synthesis of German Philosophy, French Sociology and English Economics of his time. He collected the stray and isolated ... ent a coherent picture of a social organization, at once dynamic and in a state of flux. First is a philosophy of history anchored in the theory of Dialectical Materialism, which is manifested in a re ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Eurocentrism of G. W. Hegel.
died in 1831 and is buried in Berlin. He was a German idealists and some of his works include; The Philosophy of History and Lectures on the History of philosophy.Eurocentrism of Hegel and its respon ... o Africa, its correct to deduce that Africans cannot philosophize because, "The only thought, which philosophy brings with it is reason [...]"�Analyzing the statement made by Hegel he clearly m ...
Subjects: Art Essays