{"product_id":"hegel-and-the-problem-of-beginning-1","title":"Hegel and the Problem of Beginning","description":"\u003cp\u003eHegel opens the first book of his Science of Logic with the statement of a problem: “The beginning of philosophy must be either something mediated or something immediate, and it is easy to show that it can be neither the one nor the other, so either way of beginning finds its rebuttal.” Despite its significant placement, exactly what Hegel means in his expression of this problem and exactly what his solution to it is, remain unclear.\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Robb Dunphy provides a detailed engagement with Hegel’s “problem of beginning”, locating it within Hegel’s account of significant approaches to the topic of beginning in the history of Western philosophy, as well as making an extended case for the influence of Pyrrhonian Scepticism on the beginning of Hegel’s \u003ci\u003eLogic\u003c\/i\u003e. Dunphy’s discussion of the various putative solutions that Hegel might be thought to put forward contributes to debates concerning Hegel’s views on the methodology of logic, the relation between his \u003ci\u003eLogic\u003c\/i\u003e and his \u003ci\u003ePhenomenology of Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, and differences between his \u003ci\u003eEncyclopaedia\u003c\/i\u003e presentation of logic and that of his greater \u003ci\u003eScience of Logic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHegel and the Problem of Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e also functions as a critical commentary on Hegel’s essay, “With what must the beginning of the science be made?” which should be of interest to both researchers and students working on the opening of Hegel’s \u003ci\u003eLogic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238252794200,"sku":"9781538147559","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781538147559_735fbfe5-a4ce-4018-9141-a5f7402e3b31.jpg?v=1769709634","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hegel-and-the-problem-of-beginning-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}