Real Process: How Logic and Chemistry Combine in Hegel's "Philosophy of Nature" (Toronto Studies in Philosophy) - Hardcover

Burbidge, John W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802008976 ISBN 13: 9780802008978

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1997

Synopsis

Hegel's Philosophy of Nature has for a long time been regarded as a somewhat outdated curiosity. Burbidge (philosophy, Trent U.) argues for the significance of the book as an intermediate movement in Hegel's system, looking specifically at three works: the two chapters of the Science of Logic that deal with the concept of chemism, and the section on chemical process in the Philosophy of Nature . Burbidge also sets Hegel's thought in context with sketches of what Kant, Fichte, and Schelling had to say about chemistry; provides background on the stage chemistry had reached at the time Hegel was writing; and shows how Hegel changed his mind as he revised succeeding editions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Synopsis

Hegel's Philosophy of Nature has for a long time been regarded as a somewhat outdated curiosity. Burbidge (philosophy, Trent U.) argues for the significance of the book as an intermediate movement in Hegel's system, looking specifically at three works: the two chapters of the Science of Logic that deal with the concept of chemism, and the section o

About the Author

John W. Burbidge is Professor of Philosophy at Trent University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0802008976
• ISBN 13: 9780802008978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304