4.4 Antinomies Of Teleology
Last modified 05/16/2008
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Let us conclude by noting that while the eonic effect, and its sequence, give
expression to issues of teleology, they do so in terms of a particular type of
discrete logic of alternation, which is not teleology at all, as we see it, but
historical directionality, visible looking toward the past. While this may be
evidence of a teleological factor, it says nothing about the future, hence is
unable to resolve the nature of the case as to some 'telos of history'. And in
fact a close look at Kant's architectonic of discourses shows us the precise
appearance of an 'antinomy of teleological judgment'.
We should not be so surprised either at the grand gesture of Hegel's teleology of freedom, and its associated breakdown in the 'antinomy' so visible in the 'splitting liberalism' of the age of the Great Divide. As we examine history we see the majestic sweep of a teleological process, yet it is one matched to our own evolving actions and the divergence of potentials from the present we live does not indicate any mechanical computation of that future we must create as free individuals. |
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