![Non-Hegelian conceptions of phenomenology. “Hegel’s own ideas about what he was trying to accomplish in his first book changed while he was writing it… and the subtitle… [Phenomenology of the Mind] was an afterthought.” The genesis of the work. “Hegel used ‘phenomenology’ in an altogether different way… in 1817.” “The question about Hegel’s conception of phenomenology… [is] usable as a key to the study of his whole thought and development.” Seven questions](https://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/crclarge/978020379/9780203790564.jpg "Non-Hegelian conceptions of phenomenology. “Hegel’s own ideas about what he was trying to accomplish in his first book changed while he was writing it… and the subtitle… [Phenomenology of the Mind] was an afterthought.” The genesis of the work. “Hegel used ‘phenomenology’ in an altogether different way… in 1817.” “The question about Hegel’s conception of phenomenology… [is] usable as a key to the study of his whole thought and development.” Seven questions")
ABSTRACT
One might suppose that the question about Hegel's conception of phenomenology must have arisen Edmund Husser! began to use the term for his new direction in philosophy. Martin Heidegger's essay on "Hegel's Concept of Experience," which deals with the beginning of Hegel's Phenomenology, is of no comparable importance and in any case did not appear until seven years later, in 1950. To make matters worse, Hegel's own ideas about what he was trying to accomplish in his first book changed while he was writing it; he did not have any clear conception of phenomenology at the time; and the subtitle of the book was an afterthought. Actually, Hegel's Phenomenology, like his later works, represents a sustained attempt to show that immediate understanding is an oxymoron, like wooden iron. Hegel insisted that understanding cannot be intuitive but by its nature involves "mediation," study, and concepts.
