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- Hegel’s Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Hegel’s Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Logical and Natural Life
- Chapter 2 Hegel’s Encyclopedia as the Science of Freedom
- Chapter 3 Essence in Hegel’s Encyclopedia and Science of Logic
- Chapter 4 The Concept’s Freedom
- Chapter 5 From Logic to Nature
- Chapter 6 Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature
- Chapter 7 Hegel’s Anthropology
- Chapter 8 Hegel’s Critique of Materialism
- Chapter 9 Hegel’s Psychology
- Chapter 10 Political Ontology and Rational Syllogistic in Hegel’s Objective Spirit
- Chapter 11 Taking the System Seriously
- Chapter 12 §§556–63: Art as a Form of Absolute Spirit
- Chapter 13 The Stubbornness of Nature in Art
- Chapter 14 The Encyclopedia’s Notion of Religion
- Chapter 15 Absolute Geist or Self-Loving God?
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Chapter 5 - From Logic to Nature
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2021
- Hegel’s Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Hegel’s Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Logical and Natural Life
- Chapter 2 Hegel’s Encyclopedia as the Science of Freedom
- Chapter 3 Essence in Hegel’s Encyclopedia and Science of Logic
- Chapter 4 The Concept’s Freedom
- Chapter 5 From Logic to Nature
- Chapter 6 Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature
- Chapter 7 Hegel’s Anthropology
- Chapter 8 Hegel’s Critique of Materialism
- Chapter 9 Hegel’s Psychology
- Chapter 10 Political Ontology and Rational Syllogistic in Hegel’s Objective Spirit
- Chapter 11 Taking the System Seriously
- Chapter 12 §§556–63: Art as a Form of Absolute Spirit
- Chapter 13 The Stubbornness of Nature in Art
- Chapter 14 The Encyclopedia’s Notion of Religion
- Chapter 15 Absolute Geist or Self-Loving God?
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Summary
The chapter deals with a crucial transition within Hegel’s Encyclopedia: the transition from its first part – the “science of logic” – to its second part – the “philosophy of nature” (§§244–51). My overall argument will be organized in three, consecutive steps. First I present a rational reconstruction of §244. Secondly I attempt to shed light on Hegel’s characterization of nature as presented in the first paragraphs of the Philosophy of Nature. My aim is to motivate and defend his claim that we can know a priori that nature must be a material space-time system. In the third part I address the question of what it might reasonably mean to claim, as Hegel does, that concepts or universals are “immanent” in nature. I argue that it is crucial, in this context, to take seriously his remark that “the concept” does not as such occur in nature, but only as “internal” (innerlich) or “immersed” (versenkt).
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- Hegel's Encyclopedia of the Philosophical SciencesA Critical Guide, pp. 88 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021