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tominator93 t1_j6zf41j wrote

Reply to comment by stumblewiggins in “All knowledge must be built upon our instinctive beliefs. If these are rejected, nothing is left. We can organize these beliefs and their consequences, modifying or abandoning them until they don’t clash, forming a harmonious system.” | Bertrand Russell on Epistemology by dbrereton

Yeah, agreed that the entire article can’t be reduced down to Hegelian dialectics. Just that the last line in the header quote seems deeply dialectical in nature.

Hegel himself described his dialectics as the “speculative mode of cognition”, which seems quite close to what Russell is describing there.

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stumblewiggins t1_j6zu97w wrote

>Hegel himself described his dialectics as the “speculative mode of cognition”

Fair enough; like I said, it's been awhile.

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