Hegel

by Fritzman, J. M.

• ISBN13: 9780745647258
• ISBN10: 0745647251
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-03-31
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

GWF Hegel has long been considered one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the nineteenth century, and his work continues to provoke debate in contemporary philosophy. This new book provides readers with an accessible introduction to Hegel's thought, offering a lucid and highly readable account of his Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic, Philosophy of Nature, Philosophy of History, and Philosophy of Right. In a comprehensive discussion of the major works, J.M Fritzman considers crucial questions of authorial intent raised by the Phenomenology of Spirit, and discusses Hegel's conceptions of necessity and of philosophical method. In his presentation of Hegel's Logic, Fritzman evaluates the claim that logic has no presuppositions and examines whether this endorses a foundationalist or coherentist epistemology. Fritzman goes on to scrutinize Hegel's claims that history represents the progressive realization of human freedom, and details how Hegel believes that this is also expressed in art and religion.

Author Biography

J.M. Fritzman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lewis & Clark College

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii

1 Introduction 1

2 Hegel’s Life and Influences 12

3 Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit 31

4 Hegel’s Logic 79

5 Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature and Philosophy of Spirit 94

6 Hegel’s Philosophy of Right 109

7 Hegel’s Philosophy of History 118

8 Hegel’s Lectures on Philosophy and Religion 127

9 After Hegel 136

Notes 154

Suggestions for Further Reading 161

Index 177