Intelligent Will, Causality, and Action in Hegel’s Jenaer Realphilosophie 1805/06
Intelligent Will, Causality, and Action in Hegel’s Jenaer Realphilosophie 1805/06

Summary/Abstract: This paper introduces foundational claims originating from Hegel’s JenaerRealphilosophie 1805/6 to Hegel’s action studies. It focuses on the concept of the mindedsubject whose intelligent will [als Wille, der Intelligenz ist] is essential for approachingthe effective agency capable of action [das Tun; die Tätigkeit] and labor [Arbeiten]. Inthis work, agency is initially conceptualized in terms of its self-actualization and self-objectification in external achievements. It shows that, unlike in certain neo-Hegelianconsiderations, the emergence of agency and the ability to act [Handlung] freely,deliberately, purposefully, and intentionally is determined by the development of theindividual human mind and its explanation does not need the entire complex socio-economic apparatus related to labor [Arbeit].

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