Book contents
- Hegel’s Logic and Metaphysics
- Hegel’s Logic and Metaphysics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 “Irrational Cognition of the Rational”
- Chapter 2 The Ontological Proof as “the True Critique of the Categories and of Reason”
- Chapter 3 Hegel’s Critique of “the Former Metaphysics”
- Chapter 4 Hegel’s Response to Kant’s Critique of Metaphysics
- Chapter 5 Logical Contradiction and Real Opposition
- Chapter 6 Mediated Immediacy: Concept, Judgment and Syllogism
- Chapter 7 Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Chapter 3 - Hegel’s Critique of “the Former Metaphysics”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 April 2023
Book contents
- Hegel’s Logic and Metaphysics
- Hegel’s Logic and Metaphysics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 “Irrational Cognition of the Rational”
- Chapter 2 The Ontological Proof as “the True Critique of the Categories and of Reason”
- Chapter 3 Hegel’s Critique of “the Former Metaphysics”
- Chapter 4 Hegel’s Response to Kant’s Critique of Metaphysics
- Chapter 5 Logical Contradiction and Real Opposition
- Chapter 6 Mediated Immediacy: Concept, Judgment and Syllogism
- Chapter 7 Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
This chapter explains Hegel's critique of pre-Kantian metaphysics, distinguishing it from Kant's own. The shortcomings of "the former metaphysics" are due not to going beyond the bounds of reason but to an uncritical relationship to traditional logic. Hence its lack of self-criticism is analogous to that exhibited by Kant, meaning that the former metaphysics and its most famous idealist critic commit the same mistake.
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- Hegel's Logic and Metaphysics , pp. 108 - 131Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023