This book undertakes a critical analysis of some central problems in Hegel scholarship. It is concerned with clarifying the theoretical underpinnings of paradox, the possible relationship of paradox to a dialectic logic, and the possibilities of systematization of dialectic and/or paradox.
Problems of the Hegelian Dialectic: Dialectic Reconstructed as a Logic of Human Reality
โ Scribed by Menahem Rosen (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 276
- Series
- Synthese Library 225
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
In this book, I deal with some fundamental problems of the Hegelian dialectic. For this purpose, I take a middle course between total scepticism, which considers dialectic as a devastator sophistry with no respect even for the non-contradiction principle, and authoritarian dogmatism, which claims to solve any question with the magic wand of the Hegelian Aufhebung. That is, I decide to be critical, defining concepts anew, bringing out sources, determining conditions of possibility and fields of validity, accepting or rejecting when necessary. Following G. R. G. Mure's thinking, from an inner point of view I examine whether, in carrying out his work, Hegel remains faithful to the different principles he proclaims, and I find substantial deviations. And, following W. Becker's thinking, from an external point of view, that is, from a formal, empirical or existential contemporary angle, I try to determine the extent to which we may legitimately talk about the fruitfulness of Hegelian dialectic. In this way, I reconstruct Hegel's thought so that it may become acceptable to us-readers of the twentieth-century-as intelligible and coherent as possible. I conclude that dialectic, as a logic of human reality, has to be grasped and expressed from the viewpoint of the particular historical individual, in constant interaction with the cultural environment of his or her time. Using this approach, I investigate the questions at issue from Hegel's Logic point of view.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction: For Both a Formal and a Dialectical Reading of Dialectic....Pages 1-9
Dialectical Identity, Difference and Contradiction....Pages 11-29
The Problem of the Beginning....Pages 31-51
The Problem of the End....Pages 53-74
The Problem of Matter and Nature....Pages 75-105
The Antinomy of Language....Pages 107-146
Dialectical Explanation....Pages 147-193
Back Matter....Pages 195-268
โฆ Subjects
Philosophy of Science; History; Phenomenology; Philosophy of the Social Sciences
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