2. Hegel: the first cultural- historical Psychologist A 30 minute talk by Andy Blunden for the Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition, December 2007. Press button to start the talk

3. Hegel’s concern was how Germany could modernise and give its people freedom

4. Hegel introduced the Cultural-Historical Subject DescartesHumeKantFichte

5. Consciousness arises in Gap between Needs and their Satisfaction Intuition and Concept Labour

6. Activity with artefacts reproduces the universals apprehended in consciousness

7. History is driven by vulnerability to Immanent Critique Relation of the individual to the universal (the whole society)

8. The Logic spells out the inner dynamics of a Gestalt BeingEssenceNotion

9. The structure of the Subject is: Individual, Universal & Particular

10. Hegel’s Logical presentation implies an Ontology of Spirit Individual psyche Collaborative activity/institution Material culture/ideals

11. Despite all this, Hegel’s antiquity entailed certain limitations

12. Hegel still offers the best concept of “Extended Mind” Hegel did not have a dichotomy between the individual and society But Hegel was an Idealist!!