Jeffrey Reid is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa and the author of numerous articles on Hegel in specialized journals. His monograph books include Hegel’s Grammatical Ontology: Vanishing Words and Hermeneutical Openness in the Phenomenology of Spirit (2021).

• AcknowledgmentsTextual ConsiderationsIntroduction: Logic as Fundamental OntologyPreconception (Vorbegriff): Metaphysical Preconceptions of the Day and the Need for Speculative PhilosophyPreconception 1: the Reality of ThoughtPreconception 2: the First Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Pre-critical MetaphysicsPreconception 3: Second Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Empiricism and CriticismPreconception 4: the Third Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Immediate KnowingMore Precise Conception (Closer Concept) and Division of the Logic1 Objective LogicBeing and Essence1 The Doctrine of Being1.1 Being as Quality1.2 Being as Quantity1.3 Being as Measure2 The Doctrine of Essence2.1 Essence as Ground of Existence Determinations of Reflection: Identity, Difference and Existing Things2.2 Essence as Phenomenon: Relations of Meaningful Appearance2.3 Essence as Actuality: the World as We’ve Come to Know It2 Subjective LogicEnlivening Being1 The Doctrine of the Concept1.1 The Subjective Concept1.2 The Concept as Object1.3 The Idea: Life and Thought3 The Absolute IdeaA Concluding DisclosureBibliographyindex

Jeffrey Reid is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa and the author of numerous articles on Hegel in specialized journals. His monograph books include Hegel’s Grammatical Ontology: Vanishing Words and Hermeneutical Openness in the Phenomenology of Spirit (2021).

• AcknowledgmentsTextual ConsiderationsIntroduction: Logic as Fundamental OntologyPreconception (Vorbegriff): Metaphysical Preconceptions of the Day and the Need for Speculative PhilosophyPreconception 1: the Reality of ThoughtPreconception 2: the First Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Pre-critical MetaphysicsPreconception 3: Second Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Empiricism and CriticismPreconception 4: the Third Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Immediate KnowingMore Precise Conception (Closer Concept) and Division of the Logic1 Objective LogicBeing and Essence1 The Doctrine of Being1.1 Being as Quality1.2 Being as Quantity1.3 Being as Measure2 The Doctrine of Essence2.1 Essence as Ground of Existence Determinations of Reflection: Identity, Difference and Existing Things2.2 Essence as Phenomenon: Relations of Meaningful Appearance2.3 Essence as Actuality: the World as We’ve Come to Know It2 Subjective LogicEnlivening Being1 The Doctrine of the Concept1.1 The Subjective Concept1.2 The Concept as Object1.3 The Idea: Life and Thought3 The Absolute IdeaA Concluding DisclosureBibliographyindex

Jeffrey Reid is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa and the author of numerous articles on Hegel in specialized journals. His monograph books include Hegel’s Grammatical Ontology: Vanishing Words and Hermeneutical Openness in the Phenomenology of Spirit (2021).

• AcknowledgmentsTextual ConsiderationsIntroduction: Logic as Fundamental OntologyPreconception (Vorbegriff): Metaphysical Preconceptions of the Day and the Need for Speculative PhilosophyPreconception 1: the Reality of ThoughtPreconception 2: the First Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Pre-critical MetaphysicsPreconception 3: Second Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Empiricism and CriticismPreconception 4: the Third Position of Thought toward Objectivity: Immediate KnowingMore Precise Conception (Closer Concept) and Division of the Logic1 Objective LogicBeing and Essence1 The Doctrine of Being1.1 Being as Quality1.2 Being as Quantity1.3 Being as Measure2 The Doctrine of Essence2.1 Essence as Ground of Existence Determinations of Reflection: Identity, Difference and Existing Things2.2 Essence as Phenomenon: Relations of Meaningful Appearance2.3 Essence as Actuality: the World as We’ve Come to Know It2 Subjective LogicEnlivening Being1 The Doctrine of the Concept1.1 The Subjective Concept1.2 The Concept as Object1.3 The Idea: Life and Thought3 The Absolute IdeaA Concluding DisclosureBibliographyindex