Hegel's conception of the determinate negation / / by Terje Sparby.

• Superior document: Critical Studies in German Idealism ; Volume 12
• VerfasserIn: Sparby, Terje Stefan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Nethelands : : Brill,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Critical studies in German idealism ; Volume 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

“The determinate negation” has by Robert Brandom been called Hegel’s most fundamental conceptual tool. In this book, Terje Sparby agrees about the importance of the term, but rejects Brandom’s interpretation of it. Hegel’s actual use of the term may at first seem to be inconsistent, something that is reflected in the scholarship. However, on closer inspection, three forms of determinate negations can be discerned in Hegel’s texts: A nothing that is something , a moment of transformation through loss (like the Phoenix rising from the ashes), and a unity of opposites . Through an in-depth interpretation of Hegel’s work, a comprehensive account of the determinate negation is developed in which these philosophically challenging ideas are seen as parts of one overarching process.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Kant’s Doctrine of Determination -- After Kant: Fichte and Schelling -- Hegel in Jena -- Review and Outlook -- Determinate Negation within the Program of WdL -- Determination and Negation in the Doctrine of Being -- Determination and Negation in the Doctrine of Essence -- Determination and Negation in the Doctrine of the Concept -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.