RT Article
T1 Weisen der Welterschließung: zur Rolle des Chemismus in Hegels subjektiver Logik
JF Hegel-Studien
VO 48
SP 37
OP 63
A1 Sans, Georg 1967-
LA German
PB Felix Meiner Verlag
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1688047689
NO The second section of H.s Subjective Logic deals with the “objectivity” of the concept. It is explained through the categories of mechanism, chemism, and teleology. For H., in contrast to Kant, the alternative between mechanism and teleology is incomplete. As the case of chemism shows, it is not necessary to suppose internal finality in order to conceive of objects which determine themselves according to their concepts. After highlighting the distinction between physical bodies and chemical substances, I discuss H.s claim that chemical processes can be represented in inferential form, namely as a circle of three syllogisms. The syllogistic presentation provides evidence of the conceptual structure behind the chemical phenomena, as exemplified in particular by elective affinities. H.s treatment of chemism, however, is not limited to the realm of chemistry but concerns also spiritual relations like friendship and love. These fields of application prove chemism to be a third way, besides mechanism and teleology, of understanding objective wholes
DO 10.15496/publikation-62381