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Untrue Concepts in Hegel's Logic
- Journal of the History of Philosophy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 61, Number 1, January 2023
- pp. 103-126
- 10.1353/hph.2023.0004
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abstract:
In the following, I argue that Hegel took concepts—not propositions, judgments, or spatiotemporal objects—as the primary truth-bearer in his logic and attempt to offer a defensible interpretation of what it means for an individual concept (or "thought-determination") to be assessed as true or untrue. Along the way, I consider the shortcomings of several alternative interpretations of truth in Hegelian logic, paying particular attention to the now-common contention that a commitment to something like Frege's context principle prevents Hegel from assessing concepts independently of the role that they play in judgments.