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Book SynopsisThis text provides a truly comprehensive guide to one of the most important and challenging works of modern philosophy. The systematic complexity of Hegel's radical project in the Science of Logic prevents many from understanding and appreciating its value. By independently and critically working through Hegel's argument, this book offers an enlightening aid for study and anchors the Science of Logic at a central position in the philosophical canon.
Trade ReviewIt should be noted interest, by endeavoring to follow faithfully the Hegelian presentation, including joints and transitions are well explained, provides the English reader a significant help in reading a difficult text. * Bulletin de littérature hégélienne *
Winfield is capable of a sophisticated and plausible argumentation that throws a great deal of light on the reasoning that Hegel uses as he develops his system. * Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy *
In Hegel’s Science of Logic, Richard Winfield provides a clear and detailed guide through the entirety of one of the most influential, and demanding, works in the philosophic tradition. Following the lecture format and style, Winfield calls attention to a problem, reaches an impasse, or confronts a dilemma, and then opens the way to a resolution, as he patiently leads the reader along the complex paths of Hegel’s argumentation. In the process he uncovers the novel project Hegel undertakes in his Logic, while illuminating the role it plays in the Hegelian corpus as a whole. -- Robert B. Berman, Xavier University of Louisiana
Table of ContentsPreface Lecture 1: General Introduction Lecture 2: The General Concept of Logic Lecture 3: With What Must the Science Begin? Lecture 4: Being, Nothing, Becoming Lecture 5: From Becoming to Determinate Being Lecture 6: Determinate Being Lecture 7: Something Lecture 8: Finitude Lecture 9: Infinity Lecture 10: Being-For-Self Lecture 11: The One Lecture 12: Quantity Lecture 13: From Measure to Essence Lecture 14: Essence Lecture 15: Essence as Reflection within Itself Lecture 16: From Reflection to Existence Lecture 17: From Appearance to Actuality Lecture 18: Transition to the Concept Lecture 19: The Concept Lecture 20: From Concept to Judgment Lecture 21: Judgment Lecture 22: From Judgment to Syllogism Lecture 23: Syllogism Lecture 24: Objectivity Lecture 25: Mechanism, Chemism, and Teleology Lecture 26: From Objectivity to Idea Lecture 27: From Life to Cognition Lecture 28: The Idea of Cognition Lecture 29: Truth and the Good Lecture 30: The Absolute Idea Works Cited Index
