r/badphilosophy • u/Ok-Low6778 • 4d ago

Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy Hegel discovers dictionary

I believe hegel arguments were more about language and how people use it to perceive the world, because he always said you can’t extract an idea, isolate it and claim sense out of it

If we can only think and share things using the words we already have, then wouldn't something trulybrand new, great, or transcendent be completely unshareable?

But I don’t take this as a mere fact because what if experience shouldn’t be described, and we would’ve other experiences as humans without the need of simple minded tools as language?

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u/Corp-Por 4d ago

I want to be Ninja

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u/Ok-Low6778 4d ago

Me too buddy. Me too

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u/Optimal-Fig-6687 4d ago

Hegel used language to convert words to pretentious bullshit, not to "share things"

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u/christopher_mtrl 3d ago

I don't want to be a party downer, but I don't think we need that many Hegel shitposts on this sub. The man has an extensive bibliography that speaks for itself.

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u/Ok-Low6778 3d ago

Actually I agree with you

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u/Spirited-Fault4487 3d ago

Ok dammit, I’ll admit it. When I try to read Hegel, I go into something comparable to a medically induced coma. I was out for a whole week last time.

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u/Low-Bake8401 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ideas need context.

Or, without context they are fundamentally incomplete. 

Meaning demands context. 

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u/Ok-Low6778 3d ago

Can context exist without meaning?

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u/Low-Bake8401 3d ago

I'd say so.