Single Idea 21754

[catalogued under 7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism]

Full Idea

For Hegel, the structure of our concepts and categories is identical with, and thus discloses, the structure of the world itself, because we ourselves are born into and so share the character of the world we encounter.

Gist of Idea

Our concepts and categories disclose the world, because we are part of the world

Source

report of Georg W.F.Hegel (works [1812]) by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 01

Book Reference

Houlgate,Stephen: 'An Introduction to Hegel' [Blackwell 2005], p.6


A Reaction

This is a reasonable speculation, but it makes more sense in the context of natural selection, and an empiricist theory of concepts.

Related Idea

Idea 21755 For Hegel, categories shift their form in the course of history [Hegel, by Houlgate]