Hegel's Logic and Metaphysics

Kant said that logic had not had to take a single step forward since Aristotle, but German Idealists in the following generation made concerted efforts to re-think the logical foundations of philosophy.In this book, Jacob McNulty offers a new interpretation of Hegel's Logic, the key work of his philosophical system.McNulty shows that Hegel is responding to a perennial problem in the history and philosophy of logic: the logocentric predicament.In Hegel, we find an answer to a question so basic that it cannot be posed without risking incoherence: what is the justification for logic?How can one justify logic without already relying upon it?The answer takes the form of re-thinking the role of metaphysics in philosophy, so that logic assumes a new position as derivative rather than primary.This important book will appeal to a wide range of readers in Hegel studies and beyond.