True Purposes in Hegel''s Logic

This book addresses a key issue in Hegel's philosophical legacy - his account of purposiveness and teleology - that has often been wrongly criticised and misunderstood. Its re-examination of the issue has implications for the whole of Hegel's philosophical legacy.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Teleology in The Science of Logic; 2. Kant's antinomies of freedom and teleology; 3. Kant's concept of inner purposiveness; 4. Aristotle's defence of natural teleology; 5. The non-truth of mechanism; 6. The non-truth of external purposiveness; 7. The truth of inner purposiveness; 8. The immediate actuality of purposes; 9. The absolute realised purpose.

About the author

Edgar Maraguat is a senior lecturer of Philosophy at the University of Valencia. He is also one of the founders of the Hegel en perspectiva research group, active since 2014. He has translated works by Hegel and Schelling into Spanish and is the editor of La lógica de Hegel (2017).

Summary

This book addresses a key issue in Hegel's philosophical legacy - his account of purposiveness and teleology - that has often been wrongly criticised and misunderstood. Its re-examination of the issue has implications for the whole of Hegel's philosophical legacy.

Foreword

An original interpretation of a key concept of Hegel's philosophy with implications for the correct understanding of his entire legacy

Product details

• Authors: Edgar Maraguat, Edgar (Universidad De Valencia) Maraguat
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009304962
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0930496-2
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophy: logic, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Popular philosophy: Meaning of life / finding sense in life, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents