The Conceptual Structure of Experience: McDowell and the Kant-Hegel Debate

Authors

  • Erick Lima Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2016.1.21098

Keywords:

Kant. Hegel. McDowell. Perception. Experience. Contextualism.

Abstract

This paper aims at considering McDowell’s interpretation of the epistemological debate between Kant and Hegel. The main issue to be discussed here concerns the conceptual structure of experience. Firstly, I intend to elucidate the meaning of Hegelian strategies for issues in the analytical tradition (1). Secondly, I attempt to delineate McDowell’s most general position in light of the Kant-Hegel debate (2.1 e 2.2), as well as his appeal to Wittgenstein’s “private language argument” (2.3) and his intervention in the modern discussion on the perception of secondary qualities and colors (2.4). Then, I try to interpret some developments in the Phenomenology of Spirit following  McDowell’s indications (3). Finally, I intend to point out the meaning of McDowell’s “allegorical” interpretation of Hegel’s discussion about Lordship and Bondage in Having the World in View(4).

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Author Biography

Erick Lima, Universidade de Brasília

Professor Adjunto no Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade de Brasília Professor no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia na Universidade de Brasília PPG-FIL/UnB

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Published

2016-04-25

How to Cite

Lima, E. (2016). The Conceptual Structure of Experience: McDowell and the Kant-Hegel Debate. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 61(1), 220–248. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2016.1.21098

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Ética Normativa, Metaética e Filosofia Política