Hegel's 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 actual is rational, what is rational is actual'. 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.
Author(s): Béatrice Longuenesse, Nicole J. Simek
Series: Modern European Philosophy
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 272
COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 3
SERIES-TITLE......Page 5
TITLE......Page 7
COPYRIGHT......Page 8
DEDICATION......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 11
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 12
NOTE ON CITATIONS......Page 13
PREFACE......Page 15
PART I HEGEL’S CRITIQUE OF METAPHYSICS: A STUDY OF THE DOCTRINE OF ESSENCE......Page 25
INTRODUCTION......Page 27
1 TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC AND DIALECTICAL LOGIC: FROM KANT TO HEGEL, A CRITIQUE OF ALL DOGMATIC METAPHYSICS......Page 34
How to enter the Science of Logic......Page 35
Kant, Hegel and the thing in itself......Page 42
Absolute, Concept, Reflection......Page 51
Concluding remarks......Page 60
2 TWISTS AND TURNS OF HEGEL’S CONTRADICTION......Page 63
Hegel and traditional logic......Page 67
Towards contradiction......Page 75
Some objections to Hegel’s notion of contradiction......Page 102
Hegel’s ground and Kant’s transcendental unity of apperception......Page 109
Ground, conditions, absolutely unconditioned......Page 129
What is rational is real, and what is real is rational......Page 134
The meaning of Hegel’s “actuality”......Page 135
Modal formalism, a renunciation of the activity of thinking......Page 145
“Real” modality: Kant and Beyond......Page 153
Absolute necessity: Hegel with and against Spinoza......Page 170
CONCLUSION......Page 184
PART II POINT OF VIEW OF MAN OR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD......Page 187
5 POINT OF VIEW OF MAN OR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. KANT AND HEGEL ON CONCEPT, JUDGMENT AND REASON......Page 189
Hegel’s concept, and Kant’s pure reason......Page 191
Hegel’s reason, and intuitive understanding in Kant’s third Critique......Page 195
Kant’s synthetic a priori judgments, and Hegel’s “absolute judgment”......Page 205
Concluding remarks: Kant Contra Kant......Page 212
6 HEGEL ON KANT ON JUDGMENT......Page 216
Kant’s view of judgment according to Hegel’s Faith and Knowledge......Page 217
Judgment in the Subjective Logic, or Doctrine of the Concept......Page 226
The syllogism and the rational......Page 238
Introduction......Page 242
1 Transcendental logic and dialectical logic: from Kant to Hegel, a critique of all dogmatic metaphysics......Page 243
2 Twists and turns of Hegel’s contradiction......Page 246
3 Ground against concept?......Page 249
4 What is rational is actual, what is actual is rational......Page 251
5 Point of view of man or knowledge of God. Kant and Hegel on concept, judgment and reason......Page 255
6 Hegel on Kant on judgment......Page 261
Translations of Hegel......Page 263
Other translations......Page 264
INDEX......Page 268
