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Author: Gregory S. Moss (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.694kg
ISBN: 9780367503062
ISBN 10: 0367503069
Pages: 510
Publication Date: 29 April 2022
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Hegel stands out for having expressly linked the logic of singularity with the autonomy of thought that can liberate reason from the given and enable philosophy to be self-determining and fully self-responsible. Few subsequent commentators on Hegel's work have focused on this connection, obscuring how Hegel develops a foundation free metaphysics in which the logic of freedom coincides with the logic of the concept. Gregory Moss' Hegel's Foundation Free Metaphysics is an ambitious exception to this neglect. Moss offers us a comprehensive enlightening journey through the seminal turning points in the history of Western Philosophy, exposing how the recurring efforts to overcome dogmatic presuppositions has dovetailed with the attempts to unravel the relation between the universal and the singular. -- Richard Dien Winfield, University of Georgia One does not have to leaf through the pages of Hegel's Logic at great length to see that Hegel regularly appears to endorse explicit contradictions. Of course, most commentators, inspired by an Aristotle-derived horror contradictionis, have had to maintain that he did not mean these things literally, for fear of making him appear irrational. Contemporary dialetheism has shown that endorsing contradictions is not the bogey-man that it has been cracked up to be. Moss' book is the first commentary on Hegel's metaphysics which draws on developments in contemporary dialetheism. As such, it shows us Hegel in a very new and-it seems to me-much more authentic light. -- Graham Priest, CUNY Gradate Center and the University of Melbourne Gregory Moss offers us a challenging and mature reflection on the metaphysical implications of Hegel's claim to offer a foundation-free philosophy. The seriousness of its overall argument asks for our attentive consideration of its praiseworthy illumination of Hegel's intentions. The book is written with impressive intelligence, wide ranging reference and in a thoughtful manner that philosophically engages the reader. Arguing against the evacuation of Hegel's thought of metaphysical significance, Gregory Moss invites us to take seriously dimensions of that thought that are underplayed by, or written out of, recent influential commentary in Anglo-American treatments of Hegel. This book takes leave of the beige Hegelianism that perhaps has become too common. Very warmly recommended. -- William Desmond, David Cook Chair in Philosophy, Villanova University, USA
Author Information
Gregory S. Moss has been Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2016. Dr. Moss was a lecturer in philosophy at Clemson University from 2014-2016. Dr. Moss took his PhD in philosophy in August 2014 at the University of Georgia before which he was a Fulbright Fellow (2013-2014) at the University of Bonn.
