THE TENSION BETWEEN THE AUTONOMY OF REASON AND NATURE IN HEGEL’S PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE

Authors

  • Metin Demir Istanbul Sehir University, Philosophy Department

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v11i4.52272

Keywords:

philosopy of nature, empirical sciences, metaphysics, naturalism, Idea in externality, the impotance of Nature

Abstract

This article discusses the relationship between the externality of nature and the autonomy of reason, one of the most vexed problems in Hegel’s philosophy. Simply, it focuses on the question of how the compatibility of the logical structure of reason and factual reality is solved in Hegelian system.  It is asserted here that Hegel finds the answers given before him in modern philosophy of nature inadequate, so he refuses both realist and idealist approaches. For him, nature is neither wholly compatible nor distinct from reason. Since he repudiates the two options, asking whether Hegel’s philosophy of nature is a priori style or not becomes irrelevant. After reviewing the literature, a new interpretation beyond this dichotomy is suggested. A close reading of the first pages of Philosophy of Nature, might reveals that, for Hegel nature and metaphysics are two different language games, the essential issue is a problem of translation. Although Idea serves as a metalanguage holding together these two language games, no exact transition is possible.  

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Published

2020-12-04

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Vol. 11 No. 4 (2020): HEGEL: DIALÉTICA, CIÊNCIA E LIBERDADE - Edição especial

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HEGEL E HEGELIANISMO

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