Hegel and the philosophy of nature
By: edited by Stephen Houlgate.
Contributors: Houlgate, Stephen.
Series: SUNY series in Hegelian studies
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.; Philosophy of nature.
Description: Hegel and the Philosophy of Nature is an important new study of Hegel's profound philosophical account of the natural world. It examines Hegel's alleged idealism, his concepts of space and time, the conception of speculative geometry, his critical engagement with Kant's Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, his critique of Newtonian science, his concept of evolution, the notion of Aufhebung, and his infamous theory of planetary objects.

The book confirms that, far from being surpassed by nineteenth- and twentieth-century scientific developments, Hegel's philosophy of nature continues to have great significance for our understanding of the natural world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-340) and index.