Hegel's Science of Logic and the "Sociality of Reason”

Authors

  • Jorge Armando Reyes UNAM

Keywords:

Hegel, Kant, Reason, Meaning

Abstract

span/spanspanspan style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px" class="Apple-style-span"spanThis paper is intended to examine the significance of Hegelrsquo;s emScience of Logic/em for social thought. I attempt to show that the claims advocating directly the social character of reason present in Hegelrsquo;s thought must be regarded against the background of the logical demand of a presuppositionless thinking. After reviewing the criticisms addressed against the possibility of fulfilling that demand, I suggest that Hegelrsquo;s demand of presuppositionless thinking could be understood as a transformation ofnbsp; Kantrsquo;s transcendental philosophy (particularly the concept of the Originary Synthetic Unity of Apperception mdash;OSUA).nbsp; That explanation will allow us to suggest that the demand of presuppositionless thinking works as the recognition of a gathering in which the ldquo;meaningrdquo; is both unified and dispersed. In base to that idea, it will be explained why most of the interpretations which emphasizes the social character of reason as the key to account the development of Hegelrsquo;s philosophy fail to recognize that presuppositionless ground.nbsp; So, it will be concluded that the sociality of reason must be understood as a determination reason gives itself through its self-situating in the field of meaning. br //span/span/span

Author Biography

Jorge Armando Reyes, UNAM

Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Visiting Research Fellow at La Trobe Universitynbsp;

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Published

27-12-2007

How to Cite

Reyes, J. A. (2007). Hegel’s Science of Logic and the "Sociality of Reason”. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 3(2-3), 51–83. Retrieved from http://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/69

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