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Ideas for 'Phenomenalism', 'Should a materialist believe in qualia?' and 'Logic (Encyclopedia I)'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

19073	True philosophy aims at absolute unity, while our understanding sees only separation [Hegel]
	Full Idea: Everything deserving the name of philosophy has constantly been based on the consciousness of an absolute unity, where the understanding sees and accepts only separation.
	From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Logic (Encyclopedia I) [1817], §213)
	A reaction: Puzzled by the role of 'understanding' here. I tend to cite that as the highest aspiration of philosophy. Hegel seems to offer a higher understanding of unity, and a weaker analytic understanding, which is part of our limited psychology.

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

15624	Free thinking has no presuppositions [Hegel]
	Full Idea: Thinking that is free is without presuppositions.
	From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Logic (Encyclopedia I) [1817], §41 Add1)
	A reaction: Fat chance, I would have thought. Hegel's project was indeed to try to get right to the bottom of the presuppositions. My picture is always of holding one thing presupposed while you examine another, and then switching to other presuppositions.