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Hegel's Metaphysical Project
- Hegel, like other post-Kantian German idealists, sought to restore metaphysics after Kant's critique.
- They aimed to address the limitations Kant imposed on discussions of "things-in-themselves."
Appearance and Reality in Hegel
- For Hegel, reality ("in-itself") has the same structure as its appearance ("for-itself").
- This resolves the problem of how cognition is possible, as thought and reality align.
Connecting Themes in Hegel
- Hegel's dialectics connects to his idealism, concept of history, and political philosophy.
- These themes explore freedom, civil society, the state, and potentially his political conservatism.