E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Stone Petrified Intelligence
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8404-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Nature in Hegel's Philosophy
E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: SUNY series in Hegelian Studies
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8404-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A critical introduction to Hegel's metaphysics and philosophy of nature.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Problem of Hegel's Philosophy of Nature
Abbreviations
1. A Priori Knowledge in Hegel's Philosophy of Nature
Textual Ambiguities in the Philosophy of Nature
How Cogent is Strong A Priorism?
How Cogent is Weak A Priorism?
Metaphysical Disputes in the Interpretation of the Philosophy of Nature
The Fecundity of the Strong A Priori Reading
2. The Development of Nature: Overcoming the Division between Matter and Thought
Consciousness/Nature
Sensuous Consciousness/Material Externality
Perception/Bodies
Understanding/Physical Qualities
Life
Hegel's Metaphysical Theory of Nature
3. The Rationality of Nature
Hegel's Rationalist Conception of Nature
Rationalist and Scientific Conceptions of Nature
Teleology and Modern Science
Science, A Priori Reasoning, and the Rationality of Nature
Nature as Petrified Intelligence
4. Two Defenses of Hegel's Metaphysics of Nature
The Limits of Empirical Science
Hegel's Argument from Explanatory Power
Hegel's Argument from Systematic Derivation
From Logic to Nature?
5. Sensibility and the Elements
Bildung and the Articulation of Sensibility
The Elements in Sensibility
The Physical Elements in Nature
Rationality and Dynamism in Elemental Nature
Evaluating Hegel's Phenomenological Argument
6. Ethical Implications of Hegel's Theory of Nature
Ethical Complexity in the Philosophy of Nature
Practical Reason in the World
The Goodness of Nature
Sensibility and the Intrinsic Value of Nature
The Morality of Transforming Nature
How Consistent is Hegel's Account of Nature's Ethical Status?
Assessment of Hegel's Ethical Argument
Conclusion: Hegel's Project of a Philosophy of Nature
Notes
Works Cited
Index
