Hegel''s Philosophy of Nature

Recent years have seen new systematic interest in Hegel's philosophical conception of the physical universe. It has become clear that Hegel's account of nature is revealing both on its own as well as by providing a non-naturalist understanding of the place of mind in nature. This Element focuses on the very foundations and method of Hegel's philosophy of nature, relating them to Newtonian and to modern physics. The volume also sheds light on Hegel's global account of the physical universe as a material space-time system and on his ecological conception of the Earth as a habitable planet populated by organic life. By drawing connections to relativity theory and earth systems science it is shown that Hegel's conception of nature is very much philosophically alive and can complement scientific accounts of nature in illuminating ways.

List of contents

1. Hegel's Philosophy of Nature in Context; 1.1 Philosophy of Nature and the Scientific Revolution; 1.2 The Logical, Nature, and Spirit; 1.3 Nature and the Concept of Nature; 1.4 Philosophy of Nature and the Natural Sciences; 1.5 The Task and the Method of Hegel's Philosophy of Nature; 1.6 Approaches to Hegel's Philosophy of Nature; 2. Mechanics: Space, Time, Motion, and Heavy Matter; 2.1 Space and Time; 2.2 Motion and Matter; 2.3 Finite Mechanics: Inertia, Impact and Free Fall; 2.4 Absolute Mechanics: Solar Systems as Manifesting the Nature of Matter; 2.5 Hegel's Mechanics and Relativity Theory; References.

Product details

• Authors: Christian (University of Stuttgart) Martin, Martin Christian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.11.2025
• EAN: 9781009557771
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0955777-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge