The Cognitive-Theoretical Functions of Subjectivity from Hegel’s Logic Model
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analysis, cognition, Hegel, synthesis, subjectivityAbstract
The aim of this paper is to discuss the logical-speculative model of derivation of the subjectivity's cognitive functions, as it is developed by Hegel in the chapter on "The Idea of Cognition" of the Science of Logic. With a hermeneutic approach, the analysis will concentrate on showing the originality of the Hegelian model, as opposed to that of transcendental idealism, as well as on highlighting its explanatory potential, not only in the context of a theory of subjectivity, but also in connection with its implications for a doctrine of the spirit. The main thesis of the study is that Hegelian logic formulates a logical-gnoseological model of subjectivity, which is able to elucidate both the generative matrix of its epistemic activity and the essential openness of reality to the cognitive structure of the subject.
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