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A Commentary to Hegel’s Science of LogicAppearance

A Commentary to Hegel’s Science of Logic: Appearance [At the end of chapter 13, autochthonous Existence emerged from Ground but then dissolved itself. At the end of its journey from ashes to dust, Existence posited itself as absolute negativity – a reflected immediacy. As such, it was Appearance – an “essential Existence.” (499) The function of unstable Appearance is to disappear. Appearance does not have being-in-and-for-self; it must self-erase. It is “the reality that does not correspond to the Notion.” (756) Even in ordinary parlance, when we say that X appears to be the case, we are saying that X may be true, but X must erase itself in favor of a deeper truth.1 If X turns out to be true, then it was no mere appearance. Nevertheless, this verdict can only be reached after X’s appearance sublates itself. Hence, X is appearance only when it self-erases.2] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Commentary to Hegel’s Science of LogicAppearance

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007
ISBN
978-1-349-54073-0
Pages
360 –374
DOI
10.1057/9780230598904_15
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Abstract

[At the end of chapter 13, autochthonous Existence emerged from Ground but then dissolved itself. At the end of its journey from ashes to dust, Existence posited itself as absolute negativity – a reflected immediacy. As such, it was Appearance – an “essential Existence.” (499) The function of unstable Appearance is to disappear. Appearance does not have being-in-and-for-self; it must self-erase. It is “the reality that does not correspond to the Notion.” (756) Even in ordinary parlance, when we say that X appears to be the case, we are saying that X may be true, but X must erase itself in favor of a deeper truth.1 If X turns out to be true, then it was no mere appearance. Nevertheless, this verdict can only be reached after X’s appearance sublates itself. Hence, X is appearance only when it self-erases.2]

Published: Nov 28, 2015

Keywords: Supra Note; Ground Relation; Mere Appearance; Essential Relation; Absolute Negativity

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