Conceptual Harmonies: The Origins and Relevance of Hegel s Logic (Hardcover)

A new reading of Hegel s Science of Logic through the history of European mathematics. Conceptual Harmonies develops an original account of G. W. F. Hegel s perplexing Science of Logic from a simple insight: philosophical and mathematical thought have shaped each other since classical times. Situating Science of Logic within the rise of modern mathematics Redding stresses Hegel s attention to Pythagorean ratios Platonic reason and Aristotle s geometrically inspired logic. He then explores how later traditions shaped Hegel s world through both Leibniz and new forms of algebraic geometry. This enlightening reading recovers an overlooked stream in Hegel s philosophy that remains Redding argues important for contemporary conceptions of logic.