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Hegelian philosophy is now enjoying an enormous renaissance in the English-speaking world. At the very centre of his work is the monumental Science of Logic . Hegel's theory of subjectivity, which comprises the final third of the Science of Logic , has been comparatively neglected. This volume collects 15 essays on various aspects of Hegel's theory of subjectivity. For Hegel, substance is subject . Anyone aspiring to understand Hegel's philosophy cannot afford to neglect this central topic.
List of contents
Introduction; D.G.Carlson Hegel's Logic of Freedom; W.Maker Why Hegel's Concept is Not the Essence of Things; S.Houlgate Hegel's Anti-Spinozism: The Transition to Subjective Logic and the End of Classical Metaphysics; G.di Giovanni The One and the Concept: On Hegel's Reading fo Plato's 'Parmenides'; A.de Laurentiis History, Concepts and Normativity in Hegel; D.Perinetti The Concept and its Double: Power and Powerlessness in Hegel's Subjective Logic; I.Macdonald Ways of Being Singular: The Logic of Individuality; R.Berman The Types of Universals and the Forms of Judgment; R.D.Winfield Why are There Four Hegelian Judgments?; D.G.Carlson The System of Syllogism; R.D.Winfield Hegel's Refutation of Rational Egoism, in True Infinity and the Idea; R.M.Wallace Hegel's Science of Logic in an Analytic Mode; C.Butler Cognition and Finite Spirit; J.W.Burbidge The End of Hegel's Logic: Absolute Idea as Absolute Method; A.Nuzzo The Antepenultimacy of the Beginning in the Science of Logic; D.G.Carlson Index
About the author
ROBERT BERMAN Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University of Louisiana, USA
JOHN W. BURBIDGE Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Trent University, Ontario, Canada
CLARK BUTLER Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Purdue University, USA
GEORGE DI GIOVANNI Professor of Philosophy, McGill University, Canada
STEPHEN HOULGATE Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK
ALLEGRA DE LAURENTIIS Assistant Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York-Stony Brook, USA
IAIN MACD, Canada
WILLIAM MAKER Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Clemson University, USA
ANGELICA NUZZO Associate Professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA
DARIO PERINETTI Assistant Professor, Universite du Quebec, Canada
ROBERT M. WALLACE Writer
RICHARD DIEN WINFIELD Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy, University of Georgia, USA
Summary
Hegelian philosophy is now enjoying an enormous renaissance in the English-speaking world. At the very centre of his work is the monumental Science of Logic . Hegel's theory of subjectivity, which comprises the final third of the Science of Logic , has been comparatively neglected. This volume collects 15 essays on various aspects of Hegel's theory of subjectivity. For Hegel, substance is subject . Anyone aspiring to understand Hegel's philosophy cannot afford to neglect this central topic.
