Open AccessParadigm shift in philosophy: Hegel’s theory of recognition
Author(s) -
Brigitta Balogh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
különbség
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-158X
pISSN - 1785-7821
DOI - 10.14232/kulonbseg.2011.11.1.15
Subject(s) - hegelianism , phenomenology (philosophy) , epistemology , philosophy , contemporary philosophy , nature
The concept of recognition appears in philosophical thought well before Hegel, yet it is Hegel who has created a general category of recognition that remains relevant even today. The paper focuses on Hegel’s theory of recognition in The Phenomenology of the Spirit because I argue that Hegel’s concept of recognition is not only a category in the philosophy of law or social theory but rather a concept that determines a whole paradigm shift in philosophy.