Hegel's Critique of Metaphysics

Abstract

Science of Logic has received less attention than his Phenomenology of Spirit, but Hegel himself took it to be his highest philosophical achievement and the backbone of his system. The present book focuses on this most difficult of Hegel's published works. Béatrice Longuenesse offers a close analysis of core issues, including discussions of what Hegel means by "dialectical logic," the role and meaning of "contradiction" in Hegel's philosophy, and Hegel's justification for the provocative statement that "what is rational is actual, what is actual is rational." She examines both Hegel's debt and his polemical reaction to Kant, and shows in great detail how his project of a "dialectical" logic can be understood only in light of its relation to Kant's "transcendental" logic. This book will appeal to anyone interested in Hegel's philosophy and its influence on contemporary philosophical discussion.

Hegel’s Philosophy and Common Sense

“…xxii Pippin, 1993: 288. xxiii Pippin, 1990: 839. xxiv B. Longuenesse, 2007: xvii. xxv M. Gabriel, 2016 xxvi By this, I mean that the world is fundamentally intelligible and comprises of laws of nature, universals, and causal relations between substances.…”

Positing and Presupposing. A Reading of the Relation Between Nature and Spirit in Hegel's System

“…Moreover, this reconstruction describes the scenario which will be considered as the source of the difficulty I see in Hegel's treatment of the Natur-Geist relation. 6 Beyond the articles of Houlgate (1999;2011) andHenrich (1978), the reader can refer to the following texts for a valuable understanding of this section: Wölfle (1994), Schmidt (1997), Cirulli (2006), Longuenesse (2007), Okochi (2008), Pippin (2013). Iberʼs (1990) detailed analysis of the first two chapters of the Logic of Essence deserves a special mention.…”

Transzendentale Argumente und die Probleme der kantischen Urteilstafel

“…Denn auch hier besteht das Problem weniger darin, wie man die Wahrheit der einen oder anderen Theorie erweisen könnte, als vielmehr grundlegender noch darin, wie man unterschiedliche Theorien so rekon struieren und aufeinander beziehen kann, dass man argumentativ zwi schen ihnen abwägen kann, und darin, welche Gesichtspunkte bei diesem Abwä gungsprozess zu berücksichtigen und wie zu gewichten sind.63 Die Theorien, die 63 In den Arbeiten von Fleischmann (1973), Longuenesse (2007) und Sedwick (2012) -um nur sie zu nennen -werden dazu unterschiedliche methodische Wege ausprobiert. über andere Versionen desselben Forschungsprogramms zu gewin nen.…”