NATURE IN HEGEL’S SYSTEM: RE-THINKING IDEALISM WITH-IN NATURE

Authors : Mert Can Yirmibeş

Pages : 221-237

Doi:10.53844/flsf.1361766

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Publication Date : 2023-11-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Hegel’s system of philosophy offers a complex line of thought for a type of idealism, drastically different from its widely known critical readings. By examining the relationships between logic-nature and nature-spirit, the paper aims to prove that the place of nature in Hegel’s system does not allow to be conceived of as mystically idealist since philosophy, as a system of thought, in its development has to have some bearings on the material world at some point. The paper firstly provides compatible definitions of the terms, idealism and naturalism, with Hegel’s system. While the paper takes the definition of idealism in a Hegelian sense, for the purpose of the paper, non-reductive naturalism is regarded as compatible type of naturalism with Hegel’s system. In the light of the given definitions, the paper secondly examines the relation of nature to the Logic in Hegel’s system, and thirdly, examines the relation of nature to spirit. The relations of nature to the Logic and to spirit enable us to conclude that Hegel’s system of philosophy is open for involving the elements of non-reductive naturalism along with idealism.
Keywords : İdealizm, Hegel, Mantık, Doğa, Tin