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The logic of measure in Hegel’s Science of Logic
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Houlgate, Stephen (2017) The logic of measure in Hegel’s Science of Logic. In: Emundts, Dina and Sedgwick, Sally, (eds.) Logik. Internationales Jahrbuch des deutschen Idealismus (12). Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 115-138. ISBN 9783110521047
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110521047-006
Abstract
In his account of measure in the Logic Hegel discusses various natural phenomena, such as specific heat and specific gravity, and associates each one with a particular form of measure. Yet Hegel’s conception of measure is not guided by his understanding of nature or by modern science. His derivation of the forms of measure proceeds immanently by rendering explicit what is implicit in the concept of measure itself. Natural phenomena are then adduced as examples of the measures that have been derived logically. My aim in this essay is to explain how the distinctive logic of measure proceeds in its early stages.
In seiner Behandlung des Maßes in der Logik erörtert Hegel verschiedene natürliche Phänomene, wie spezifische Wärme und spezifisches Gewicht, und er verbindet jedes mit einer besonderen Form des Maßes. Hegels Auffassung des Maßes wird jedoch weder durch sein Verständnis der Natur noch durch die moderne Naturwissenschaft bestimmt. Seine Ableitung der Formen des Maßes verläuft auf immanente Weise durch das Explizitmachen dessen, was im Begriff des Maßes selbst implizit ist. Natürliche Phänomene werden dann als Beispiele der Maße, die logisch abgeleitet worden sind, angeführt. Mein Ziel in diesem Aufsatz besteht darin, zu erläutern, wie sich die eigentümliche Logik des Maßes in ihren ersten Phasen entfaltet.
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||
Series Name: | Internationales Jahrbuch des deutschen Idealismus | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Yearbook for German Idealism | ||||||
Publisher: | De Gruyter | ||||||
Place of Publication: | Berlin ; Boston | ||||||
ISBN: | 9783110521047 | ||||||
ISSN: | 1613-0480 | ||||||
Book Title: | Logik | ||||||
Editor: | Emundts, Dina and Sedgwick, Sally | ||||||
Official Date: | April 2017 | ||||||
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Number: | 12 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 350 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 115-138 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110521047-006 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 November 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 September 2018 | ||||||
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