Acid Horizon Concepts in Focus: The Hegelian Dialectic
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Aug 30, 2020 This podcast explores the Hegelian dialectic, debunking misconceptions and highlighting its differences from Marx's views. They use examples from popular culture, like Fallout: New Vegas, to explain the three-step process of the dialectic. They also discuss the interdependence of opposing poles using a magnet as an analogy, and how this understanding relates to Marx's analysis of class identities within capitalism.
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Dialectic Is Not A Conspiracy Blueprint
- The conspiracy 'problem-reaction-solution' reading of Hegel is false and has no textual basis in Hegel's work.
- Hegelian dialectic is retrospective; wisdom comprehends events only after they occur, like the owl of Minerva.
Thesis–Antithesis–Synthesis Is A Myth
- The popular 'thesis–antithesis–synthesis' triad is a misattribution and not Hegel's explicit method.
- This triad persists in culture and even scholars like David Chalmers sometimes mislabel arguments as Hegelian.
Fallout Example Of Bad Hegelianism
- Adam uses Fallout: New Vegas as a pop-culture example where Caesar justifies conflict by claiming to synthesize opposites.
- He says you shouldn't just oppose Caesar in-game for being a fascist, but for misreading Hegel too.