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Life and the Space of Reasons: On Hegel’s Subjective Logic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2018

Karen Ng
Karen Ng*
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Vanderbilt University, USA karen.ng@vanderbilt.edu
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Abstract

This paper defends Hegel’s positive contribution in the Subjective Logic and argues that it can be understood as presenting a compelling account of the space of reasons as a form of second nature. Taking Hegel’s praise of Kant’s conception of internal purposiveness and its connection to what he calls the Idea as a point of departure, I argue that Hegel’s theory of the Idea that concludes the Logic must be understood in direct reference to Kant’s argument in the third Critique that purposiveness defines the space of judgement’s power. I take up two arguments that help to understand Hegel’s appropriation and transformation of Kant’s purposiveness thesis: first, Hegel’s contention that internal purposiveness must have primacy over external purposiveness when considered in relation to judgement; and second, Hegel’s presentation of a logical concept of life as the immediate form of the Idea.

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Hegel Bulletin , Volume 40 , Special Issue 1: Science of Logic , April 2019 , pp. 121 - 142
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© The Hegel Society of Great Britain 2018 

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