Absolute Dialetheism Hegel, Schelling and the End of Alterity with Dr. Gregory S. Moss (CUHK).

Welcome to a special episode of The Young Idealist Series, a video showcase complementing my book series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. In today’s presentation, "Absolute Dialetheism: Hegel, Schelling, and the End of Alterity," I am joined by Dr. Gregory S. Moss, Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Dr. Moss’s research focuses primarily on systematic metaphysical and epistemological questions within the Post-Kantian German tradition. In this episode, Dr. Moss guides viewers through his new philosophical work, which recasts ontology through the lens of freedom and explores the concept of absolute dialetheism. Drawing on insights from Hegel, Schelling, Nishida, and Tanabe—as well as the mystical traditions of Meister Eckhart and Nicholas of Cusa—he outlines a unified philosophical system designed to transcend the division between continental and analytic traditions. The write-up of the Book: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/... "The book rediscovers the 19th century insight that human freedom is impossible without the Absolute." "The object of theoretical philosophy is absolute knowledge and dialectics is its method. The Absolute exists as a true contradiction, what Moss calls 'Absolute Dialetheism.' Absolute knowledge is achieved by the practice of philosophical religion, which is the synthetic unity of philosophy and religion. The Trans-Consistent Theory of Truth re-thinks truth as the trans-consistent self-correspondence of thought with its object. Ontology is recast as the ontology of freedom, an ontology which culminates in the contradictory unity of finite and infinite personality or self-consciousness." "By exposing and critiquing the hegemony of otherness and difference in 20th century philosophy, Gregory S. Moss liberates philosophy from the fetishization of incompleteness that dominates much of the history of the analytic and continental traditions. Inspired by German Idealism and the Kyoto School, Moss defends the view that the Absolute exists and can only be known as a true contradiction. Corresponding to its dialetheic theory of existence, he also offers a new theory of truth according to which only contradictions can be true. By thinking through the rational and mystical varieties of Absolute Dialetheism, the book argues for philosophical religion, a vision of the Absolute that unifies both philosophy and religion into a dialetheic conception of absolute knowledge." Dr. Gregory Moss: https://cuhk.academia.edu/GregoryMoss https://philpeople.org/profiles/grego... https://phil.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/profess... https://www.philosophermoss.org/acade... Books By Gregory S. Moss: Hegel’s Foundation Free Metaphysics: The Logic of Singularity Routledge April 29 2022, By Gregory S. Moss. Mythical Totalities: Studies in the Philosophy of Mythology, Mohr Siebeck, Nov. 1 2024 by Gregory S Moss. The Dialectics of Absolute Nothingness: The Legacies of German Philosophy in the Kyoto School Edited by Gregory S. Moss and Takeshi Morisato. Cornell East Asia Series Feb. 15 2025. Absolute Dialetheism: Hegel, Schelling and the End of Alterity, By Gregory S. Moss, Edinburgh University Press, May 31 2026.