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McDowell and Hegel

Perceptual Experience, Thought and Action

  • Is the first and unique extended work on the relations between Hegel’s and McDowell’s thought
  • Contributes to the contemporary rehabilitation of Hegel within the Anglo-American philosophical tradition
  • Brings together renowned scholars and younger researchers working at the cutting edge of the topics covered
  • Offers a key contribution to the overcoming of the Analytic/Continental divide in philosophy

Part of the book series: Studies in German Idealism (SIGI, volume 20)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. McDowell and Hegel: An Introduction

    • Federico Sanguinetti, André J. Abath
    Pages 1-26
  3. McDowell on Hegel

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
    2. What Is the Phenomenology About?

      • John McDowell
      Pages 29-40
  4. McDowell Between Kant and Hegel

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
  5. McDowell and Hegel on Perceptual Experience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
  6. McDowell and Hegel on Thought

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
    2. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Hegel and McDowell

      • Michela Bordignon
      Pages 155-174
  7. McDowell and Hegel on Nature and Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
    2. A Second Naturalization for a Second Nature

      • Ernesto Perini-Santos
      Pages 177-192
  8. McDowell’s Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
    2. Responses

      • John McDowell
      Pages 231-258

About this book

This book presents a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the relationship between the thought of G.W.F. Hegel and that of John McDowell, the latter of whom is widely considered to be one of the most influential living analytic philosophers. It serves as a point of entry in McDowell’s and Hegel’s philosophy, and a substantial contribution to ongoing debates on perceptual experience and perceptual justification, naturalism, human freedom and action. The chapters gathered in this volume, as well as McDowell’s responses, make it clear that McDowell’s work paves the way for an original reading of Hegel’s texts. His conceptual framework allows for new interpretive possibilities in Hegel’s philosophy which, until now, have remained largely unexplored. Moreover, these interpretations shed light on various aspects of continuity and discontinuity between the philosophies of these two authors, thus defining more clearly their positions on specific issues. In addition, they allow us to see Hegel’s thought as containing a number of conceptual tools that might be useful for advancing McDowell’s own philosophy and contemporary philosophy in general.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil

    Federico Sanguinetti

  • Department of Philosophy, The Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    André J. Abath

About the editors

Federico Sanguinetti received his PhD in Philosophy from both the University of Padova (2013) and the University of Münster (2015) and is now Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He specializes in Classical German Philosophy and contemporary epistemology. He is author of the book La teoria hegeliana della sensazione (“Hegel’s Theory of Sensation”) and of several essays on Hegel and McDowell.

André J. Abath received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield (2007), and is now Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He specializes in philosophy of perception, philosophy of mind and epistemology, and has written several articles in these areas.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: McDowell and Hegel

  • Book Subtitle: Perceptual Experience, Thought and Action

  • Editors: Federico Sanguinetti, André J. Abath

  • Series Title: Studies in German Idealism

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98896-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98895-5Published: 05 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98896-2Published: 23 November 2018

  • Series ISSN: 1571-4764

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-9868

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 273

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: German Idealism, Analytic Philosophy, History of Philosophy

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 109.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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