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Hegelian dialectic

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Hegelian dialectic examines tensions through which a position undermines its own claims. One-sided recognition supplies a worked case without imposing a thesis–antithesis–synthesis formula.

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Guided course · Module 10 · Lesson 57
Can freedom have a history?
Hegel argues that freedom needs recognition and shared institutions, and that history advances toward freedom. The lesson examines those arguments and confronts the exclusions in his account of history.