Hegelian Metaphysics

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-964011-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

The great German idealist philosopher G. W. F. Hegel has exerted an immense influence on the development of philosophy from the early 19th century to the present. But the metaphysical aspects of his thought are still under-appreciated. In a series of essays Robert Stern traces the development of a distinctively Hegelian approach to metaphysics and certain central metaphysical issues. The book begins with an introduction that considers this theme as a whole, followed
by a section of essays on Hegel himself. Stern then focuses on the way in which certain key metaphysical ideas in Hegel's system, such as his doctrine of the 'concrete universal' and his conception of truth, relate to the thinking of the British Idealists on the one hand, and the American
Pragmatists on the other. The volume concludes by examining a critique of Hegel's metaphysical position from the perspective of the 'continental' tradition, and in particular Gilles Deleuze.

Zielgruppe

Advanced students and scholars of philosophy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stern, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Deutscher Idealismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: How is Hegelian Metaphysics Possible?
Part One
1: Hegel's Idealism
2: Did Hegel Hold an Identity Theory of Truth?
3: Hegel's Doppelsatz: A Neutral Reading
Part Two
4: British Hegelianism: A Non-Metaphysical View?
5: Hegel, British Idealism, and the Curious Case of the Concrete Universal
6: Coherence as a Test for Truth
Part Three
7: Hegel and Pragmatism
8: Peirce on Hegel: Nominalist or Realist?
9: Peirce, Hegel and the Category of Secondness
10: Peirce, Hegel and the Category of Firstness
11: James and Bradley on Understanding
Part Four
12: Individual Existence and the Philosophy of Difference

Über Autor(innen)

Stern, Robert
Robert Stern is Professor of Philosophy at the University Sheffield. He came to the university in 1989, having been a graduate and Research Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. He has published two books on Hegel, and is currently President of the Hegel Society of Great Britain.

Robert Stern is Professor of Philosophy at the University Sheffield. He came to the university in 1989, having been a graduate and Research Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. He has published two books on Hegel, and is currently President of the Hegel Society of Great Britain.