THE CONCEPT AS A HORIZON: G.W.F. HEGEL AND THE FUNDAMENTAL FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
Anton Sergeevich Krasnov, Dmitry Leonidovich Fedotov
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia
Keywords: Hegel, dialectics, concept, Vernunf, Verstand, speculative thinking, metaphysics
Abstract
The article attempts to reconstruct philosophically scientificity as a category based on the speculative-dialectical system of G.W.F. Hegel. Contrasting reductionist and rational approaches to scientific knowledge, the author focuses on the need to include scientific discourse in the sphere of reason (Vemunft), expressed in conceptual necessity. Particular attention is paid to the “Science of Logic” as the foundation of Hegel’s ontology and epistemology, as well as to the criticism of empiricism, positivism and formal logic as insufficient foundations for scientificity. The relevance of Hegel’s approach is substantiated in the context of the modern crisis of fragmented knowledge and reductionist strategies in science.
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