This whole post you keep referencing “the Hegelian dialectic” as some sort of thing central to the Village, without ever stating what you think it is; could you elaborate?
I’m not an expert in this area by any means but I do not have the impression that the Village has even a plurality of Hegelians, let alone being centered around them, and the way you talk about the Hegelian dialectic does not seem to be remotely the same usage that you see with actual Hegelians. Honestly I expect actual Hegelians to be rather less upset about the River’s differences from them, because, to my understanding, Hegel’s whole thing is he believes in a sort of teleology of history that guarantees the victory of human freedom?
This whole post you keep referencing “the Hegelian dialectic” as some sort of thing central to the Village, without ever stating what you think it is; could you elaborate?
I’m not an expert in this area by any means but I do not have the impression that the Village has even a plurality of Hegelians, let alone being centered around them, and the way you talk about the Hegelian dialectic does not seem to be remotely the same usage that you see with actual Hegelians. Honestly I expect actual Hegelians to be rather less upset about the River’s differences from them, because, to my understanding, Hegel’s whole thing is he believes in a sort of teleology of history that guarantees the victory of human freedom?
I noticed the same thing—even Scott Alexander dropped a reference to it without explaining it. Anyway, here what I came up with:-
https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/s/lVNnjhTurI
(That’s me done for another two days)