Real Words: Language and System in Hegel

by Jeffrey Reid

There exists a very particular grasp of the relation between language and objectivity in the work of G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831), one that rejects the idea of truth as the reflection between words and what they represent. Jeffrey Reid's Real Words is an examination of Hegel's notion of scientific language (i.e. the language of his system) and its implications to a type of discourse that is itself true objectivity. Hegel sees scientific logos as real,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802091725
• ISBN13: 9780802091727
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher