Conceptual Harmonies: The Origins and Relevance of Hegel's Logic

A new reading of Hegel's Science of Logic through the history of European mathematics.

Conceptual Harmonies develops an original account of G. W. F. Hegel's perplexing Science of Logic from a simple insight: philosophical and mathematical thought have shaped each other since classical times. Situating Science of Logic within the rise of modern mathematics, Redding stresses Hegel's attention to Pythagorean ratios, Platonic reason, and Aristotle's geometrically inspired logic. He then explores how later traditions shaped Hegel's world, through both Leibniz and new forms of algebraic geometry. This enlightening reading recovers an overlooked stream in Hegel's philosophy that remains, Redding argues, important for contemporary conceptions of logic.

Author: Paul Redding
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 06/05/2023
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d
ISBN13: 9780226826073
ISBN10: 0226826074
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Logic
- Philosophy | Individual Philosophers
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern

About the Author
Paul Redding is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Continental Idealism: Leibniz to Nietzsche and Analytic Philosophy and the Return of Hegelian Thought.