Ep. 392: Early Hegel Elevates Reason (Part One)
From The Partially Examined Life by Mark Linsenmayer
May 25, 2026 · 53 min
About this episode
The episode discusses Hegel's critique of Kant's reduction of Reason and its implications for theology and metaphysics.
On Faith and Knowledge (1802), Ch. 1 and 2. Famously, Kant critiqued Reason to effectively forbid theology and metaphysics, and a young G.W.F. Hegel was not happy about that. He argues against the reduction of Reason to merely applying to the realm of experience, which makes religion merely a subjective, insubstantial matter. Hegel thought he could do better. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com . Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Don't get caught running yesterday's security on today's web: visit nordlayer.com/browser . Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel.
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Host: Mark Linsenmayer
Topics covered
- Hegel
- Reason
- Kant
- theology
- metaphysics
- philosophy
- religion
Keywords
- Hegel
- Kant
- Reason
- theology
- metaphysics
- philosophy
- religion
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