Doctrine of the Concept

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Doctrine of the Concept is the final major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he develops his mature account of the concept (Begriff), judgment, and syllogism as the self-determining structure of thought and reality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf part of a philosophical logic
philosophical work section
aimsAt showing the concept as the inner structure of reality
asserts identity of logical and ontological structures at the level of the concept
author G. W. F. Hegel
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
belongsTo Hegel’s system of absolute idealism
centralTheme logical freedom
self-determination of thought
self-determining concept
unity of thought and being
concerns mediation and inference
relation between logical form and metaphysical structure
self-relation of thought
contains section on judgment (Urteil)
section on syllogism (Schluss)
section on the concept (Begriff)
develops Hegel’s mature account of judgment
Hegel’s mature account of syllogism
Hegel’s mature account of the concept
follows Doctrine of Essence
historicalContext early 19th-century German philosophy
influenced 20th-century Hegel scholarship on logic
subsequent German Idealist logic
language German
locatedIn second book of Science of Logic (Doctrine of Essence and Doctrine of the Concept)
method dialectical development of categories
originalTitleElement Wissenschaft der Logik
surface form: Die Lehre vom Begriff
partOf Science of Logic
philosophicalDiscipline logic
philosophicalSchool absolute idealism
philosophicalTradition German idealism
surface form: German Idealism
positionInWork final major section of Science of Logic
precedes no further main doctrinal section in Science of Logic
relatedConcept Begriff
Idea (Idee)
Objectivity (Objektivität)
roleInSystem logical foundation for Hegel’s philosophy of nature and spirit
subjectMatter concept (Begriff)
judgment
logical structure of reality
logical structure of thought
syllogism
treatsConceptAs self-determining unity of universality, particularity, and individuality
treatsJudgmentAs development of the concept into predicative form
treatsSyllogismAs truth of judgment and structure of mediation
workDate 1810s

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Wissenschaft der Logik hasPart Doctrine of the Concept
Doctrine of Being precedes Doctrine of the Concept
Doctrine of Essence precedes Doctrine of the Concept