On the Mysterious Mr. Karp

from Google AI:

In Hegel's philosophy, "contradictions removed" refers to the sublation (Aufhebung) process where apparent opposites (contradictions) are not simply destroyed but elevated and preserved within a higher, more complex unity, revealing a deeper truth or reality, moving history and thought toward greater self-consciousness and freedom, rather than achieving a static, contradiction-free state, as argued by interpreters like McGowan and in the Marxist tradition. [aka - Plato's "Generation from Opposites"]

Key Concepts: 

Dialectics: The core method (thesis-antithesis-synthesis) where an idea (thesis) meets its opposite (antithesis), generating conflict that is resolved in a higher concept (synthesis) that contains elements of both, as seen in works like Marx's economic interpretation. 

Aufhebung (Sublation): The crucial German term meaning to negate, preserve, and lift up simultaneously; contradictions are overcome by being integrated into a more comprehensive understanding, not eliminated. 

Contradiction as Essential: For Hegel, contradiction isn't a flaw to be fixed but the engine of development, driving consciousness and history forward; a truly "reconciled" state without inherent tension is a fiction, according to IWM Vienna. 

Not Simple Removal: Left-Hegelians and critics sometimes misinterpret this as a smooth elimination of conflict, but Hegel sees contradictions as fundamental to being and thought, only resolved into richer wholes. 

In Practice: 

History: Class struggles (Marx) or philosophical problems are resolved into new social or conceptual forms, revealing deeper truths. 

Freedom: Genuine freedom isn't the absence of constraints but understanding and acting within necessary, self-imposed rational structures, overcoming arbitrary limitations. 

In essence, Hegel's "contradictions removed" means contradictions are transcended and integrated into a richer, evolving whole, not erased, leading to greater understanding (Spirit/Geist)