Hegel's logic and metaphysics / Jacob McNulty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNulty, Jacob, 1989- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Wissenschaft der Logik.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Logic.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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.

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ISBN:

9781009067805 (ebook)

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