Date of Award
8-2023
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Sebastian Rand
Second Advisor
Eric Wilson
Abstract
In the present thesis, I argue that Karen Ng’s attempt to draw on resources from Hegel’s Science of Logic to defend a naturalist interpretation of the Hegelian account of cognition is not as promising as she thinks it is. In the first section, I offer an overview of the debate between anti-naturalist and naturalist interpretations of the Hegelian logical space of reasons. I clarify some terms involved in the debate and locate Ng’s novel interpretation in a wider philosophical discussion. In the second section, I offer some arguments to resist Ng’s interpretation, according to which the Idea of Life is never overcome in later stages of the Science of Logic. I uncover Ng’s interpretive presuppositions and put pressure on her interpretation. Finally, I consider two potential objections to my arguments and sketch a different line of thought to approach Hegel’s Idea of Life.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/35559876
Recommended Citation
Schoof, Carlos, "The Overcoming of the Idea of Life in Hegel's Science of Logic." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2023.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/35559876
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