Ideas from 'Science of Logic' by Georg W.F.Hegel [1816], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Science of Logic' by Hegel,Georg W.F. (ed/tr Miller,A.V.) [Humanity 1969,978-1-57392-280-7]].
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
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21761
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If we start with indeterminate being, we arrive at being and nothing as a united pair [Houlgate]
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21764
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Thought about being leads to a string of other concepts, like becoming, quantity, specificity, causality... [Houlgate]
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21769
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We must start with absolute abstraction, with no presuppositions, so we start with pure being
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
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22037
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Objectivity is not by correspondence, but by the historical determined necessity of Geist [Pinkard]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction
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21983
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Being and nothing are the same and not the same, which is the identity of identity and non-identity
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21985
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The so-called world is filled with contradiction
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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21766
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Dialectic is the instability of thoughts generating their opposite, and then new more complex thoughts [Houlgate]
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21978
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Hegel's dialectic is not thesis-antithesis-synthesis, but usually negation of negation of the negation [Moore,AW]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
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21762
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To grasp an existence, we must consider its non-existence [Houlgate]
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21977
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Nothing exists, as thinkable and expressible
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
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21760
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Thinking of nothing is not the same as simply not thinking [Houlgate]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding
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21765
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The ground of a thing is not another thing, but the first thing's substance or rational concept [Houlgate]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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22059
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Kant's thing-in-itself is just an abstraction from our knowledge; things only exist for us [Bowie]
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22083
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Hegel believe that the genuine categories reveal things in themselves [Houlgate]
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 2. Internal Relations
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22080
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The nature of each category relates itself to another
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty
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21772
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In absolute knowing, the gap between object and oneself closes, producing certainty
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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
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21972
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Hegel, unlike Kant, said how things appear is the same as how things are [Moore,AW]
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22038
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Hegel's non-subjective idealism is the unity of subjective and objective viewpoints [Pinkard]
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22044
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Hegel claimed his system was about the world, but it only mapped conceptual interdependence [Pinkard]
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22084
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Authentic thinking and reality have the same content
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The Absolute is the primitive system of concepts which are actualised [Gardner]
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21975
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The absolute idea is being, imperishable life, self-knowing truth, and all truth
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21976
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The absolute idea is the great unity of the infinite system of concepts [Moore,AW]
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20954
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The 'absolute idea' is when all the contradictions are exhausted [Bowie]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification
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22058
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Hegel's 'absolute idea' is the interdependence of all truths to justify any of them [Bowie]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
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20953
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Every concept depends on the counter-concepts of what it is not [Bowie]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique
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21763
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When we explicate the category of being, we watch a new category emerge [Houlgate]
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