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Hegel's Analysis Of His Culture Identifies Nihilistic Tendencies In Modernity I.e., The Death Of God And End Of Philosophy. Philosophy And Religion Have Both Become Hollowed Out To Such An Extent That Traditional Disputes Between Faith And Reason Become Impossible Because Neither Any Longer Possesses Any Content About Which There Could Be Any Dispute; This Is Nihilism. Hegel Responds To This Situation With A Renewal Of The Ontological Argument (logic) And Ontotheology, Which Takes The Form Of Philosophical Trinitarianism. Hegel On The Proofs And The Personhood Of God Examines Hegel's Recasting Of The Theological Proofs As The Elevation Of Spirit To God And Defense Of Their Content Against The Criticisms Of Kant And Jacobi. It Also Considers The Issue Of Divine Personhood In The Logic And Philosophy Of Religion. This Issue Reflects Hegel's Antiformalism That Seeks To Win Back Determinate Content For Truth (logic) And The Concept Of God. While The Personhood Of God Was The Issue That Divided The Hegelian School Into Left-wing And Right-wing Factions, Both Sides Fail As Interpretations. The Center Hegelian View Is Both Virtually Unknown, And The Most Faithful To Hegel's Project. What Ties The Two Parts Of The Book Together-hegel's Philosophical Trinitarianism Or Identity As Unity In And Through Difference (logic) And His Theological Trinitarianism, Or Incarnation, Trinity, Reconciliation, And Community (philosophy Of Religion)-is Hegel's Logic Of The Concept. Hegel's Metaphysical View Of Personhood Is Identified With The Singularity (einzelheit) Of The Concept. This Includes As Its Speculative Nucleus The Concept Of The True Infinite: The Unity In Difference Of Infinite/finite, Thought And Being, Divine-human Unity (incarnation And Trinity), God As Spirit In His Community.
This work investigates how G.W.F. Hegel addresses the nihilistic tendencies of modernity by re-evaluating the ontological argument and the concept of divine personhood. Robert A. Williams Jr. utilizes Hegel's Logic and Philosophy of Religion to argue that Hegel's project centers on a philosophical Trinitarianism. By examining the intersection of logic and theology, the author seeks to recover determinate content for truth that was lost in the critiques of Kant and Jacobi. The book posits that the true Hegelian position lies in the unity of the concept, which reconciles the finite and the infinite.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Scholars recognize this text as a specialized intervention in the debate over Hegel's theological commitments and the internal consistency of his system. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which requires a high level of familiarity with Hegelian terminology and the history of German Idealism.
Page Count:
352
Publication Date:
2017-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0192514679
ISBN-13:
9780192514677
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