Hegel's Critique of Metaphysics (Modern European Philosophy) - Hardcover

Longuenesse, Béatrice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521844665 ISBN 13: 9780521844666

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

Béatrice Longuenesse offers a close analysis of the core issues in Hegel's Science of Logic and discusses both Hegel's debt and his polemical reaction to Kant. This book will appeal to anyone interested in Hegel's philosophy and its influence on contemporary philosophical discussion.

About the Author:

Béatrice Longuenesse is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. She is author of Kant on the Human Standpoint (2005).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521844665
• ISBN 13: 9780521844666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272