| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 264 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : German idealism and the logocentric predicament -- 1. "Irrational Cognition of the Rational": Hegel's critique of Aristotelian logic -- 2. The ontological proof as "the True Critique of the Categories and of Reason": Hegel on Kant's Transcendental Logic -- 3. Hegel's critique of "the Former Metaphysics" -- 4. Hegel's response to Kant's critique of metaphysics -- 5. Logical contradiction and real opposition : Hegel on the laws of logic -- 6. Mediated immediacy : concept, judgment and syllogism -- 7. Conclusion : A circle of circles : analysis, synthesis, dialectic |
| Summary |
"Kant said that logic had not had to take a single step forward since Aristotle, but German Idealists in the following generation made concerted efforts to re-think the logical foundations of philosophy. In this book, Jacob McNulty offers a new interpretation of Hegel's Logic, the key work of his philosophical system. McNulty shows that Hegel is responding to a perennial problem in the history and philosophy of logic: the logocentric predicament. In Hegel, we find an answer to a question so basic that it cannot be posed without risking incoherence: what is the justification for logic? How can one justify logic without already relying upon it? The answer takes the form of re-thinking the role of metaphysics in philosophy, so that logic assumes a new position as derivative rather than primary. This important book will appeal to a wide range of readers in Hegel studies and beyond"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index |
| Notes |
Jacob McNulty is Lecturer in Philosophy at University College London |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Wissenschaft der Logik.
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| SUBJECT |
Wissenschaft der Logik (Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich) fast (OCoLC)fst01357529 |
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Logic.
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Metaphysics.
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PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern.
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Logic.
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Metaphysics.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009067805 |
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100906780X |
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