[ Hegel et le statut ontologique de la négation ]
Volume 66, Issue 2, May 2023, Pages 289–297
Miesso ABALO1
1 Université de Kara, Togo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel is a philosophy of negativity which puts the commerce of thought or reason under the mediation of negation. This philosophy, the premises of which can be seen in the first part of the system of Hegelian philosophy represented by the Phenomenology of Spirit, is the long and laborious path of negation that The Sciences of Logic will complete. At the time (Jena) when Hegel had his eyes resolutely turned towards the future of philosophy or science in general, how to achieve this future was of more concern for the German philosopher. He is credited with the paternity of the dialectical method thanks to the place he gives to the concept of negation which has become the engine of his philosophy. With Hegel, the negative is no longer the formal sign of disagreement, but a requirement to lead subjectivity or determinations respectively to absolute subjectivity or to a higher form. Negativity therefore acts in Hegel as a driving principle allowing thought to elevate itself by negating itself. Also, we can say that the role that the negative plays in Hegelian philosophy comes from the fact that it manages to express the essence of everything thanks to the dialectic of opposites that every human being experiences. Whence the ontological status of negativity which has become dear to Hegel and to all his philosophy. The objective of this research is to show the necessity of the prominent role that belongs to negation in philosophy, or the place that belongs to negativity in Hegelian philosophy and the theoretical presuppositions that are imposed on Hegelian thought because of its attachment to negation as a path to truth.
Author Keywords: Contradiction, Dialectic, Negation, Negation of the negation, Unit.
Volume 66, Issue 2, May 2023, Pages 289–297
Miesso ABALO1
1 Université de Kara, Togo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel is a philosophy of negativity which puts the commerce of thought or reason under the mediation of negation. This philosophy, the premises of which can be seen in the first part of the system of Hegelian philosophy represented by the Phenomenology of Spirit, is the long and laborious path of negation that The Sciences of Logic will complete. At the time (Jena) when Hegel had his eyes resolutely turned towards the future of philosophy or science in general, how to achieve this future was of more concern for the German philosopher. He is credited with the paternity of the dialectical method thanks to the place he gives to the concept of negation which has become the engine of his philosophy. With Hegel, the negative is no longer the formal sign of disagreement, but a requirement to lead subjectivity or determinations respectively to absolute subjectivity or to a higher form. Negativity therefore acts in Hegel as a driving principle allowing thought to elevate itself by negating itself. Also, we can say that the role that the negative plays in Hegelian philosophy comes from the fact that it manages to express the essence of everything thanks to the dialectic of opposites that every human being experiences. Whence the ontological status of negativity which has become dear to Hegel and to all his philosophy. The objective of this research is to show the necessity of the prominent role that belongs to negation in philosophy, or the place that belongs to negativity in Hegelian philosophy and the theoretical presuppositions that are imposed on Hegelian thought because of its attachment to negation as a path to truth.
Author Keywords: Contradiction, Dialectic, Negation, Negation of the negation, Unit.
Abstract: (french)
La philosophie de G. W. F. Hegel est une philosophie de la négativité qui met le commerce de la pensée ou de la raison sous la médiation de la négation. Cette philosophie dont les prémisses se font voir dans la première partie du système de la philosophie hégélienne que représente la Phénoménologie de l’Esprit est le long et laborieux chemin de la négation que va achever Les sciences de la Logique. À l’époque (Iéna) où Hegel avait les yeux résolument tournés vers le devenir de la philosophie ou de la science en général, comment atteindre ce devenir était plus préoccupant pour le philosophe allemand. On lui attribue la paternité de la méthode dialectique grâce à la place qu’il accorde au concept de négation devenu le moteur de de sa philosophie. Avec Hegel, le négatif n’est plus le signe formel d’un désaccord, mais une exigence pour conduire respectivement la subjectivité ou les déterminations à la subjectivité absolue ou à une forme supérieure. La négativité agit donc chez Hegel à titre de principe moteur permettant à la pensée de s’élever d’elle-même en se niant. Aussi, peut-on dire que le rôle que joue le négatif dans la philosophie hégélienne provient du fait qu’il parvient à exprimer l’essence de toute chose grâce la dialectique des contraires que vit tout être humain. D’où le statut ontologique de la négativité devenue chère à Hegel et à toute sa philosophie. L’objectif de cette recherche est de montrer la nécessité du rôle insigne qui revient à la négation en philosophie, ou la place qui revient à la négativité dans la philosophie hégélienne et les présupposés théoriques qui s’imposent à la pensée hégélienne en raison de son attachement à la négation comme voie d’accès à la vérité.
Author Keywords: Contradiction, Dialectique, Négation, Négation de la négation, Unité.
How to Cite this Article
Miesso ABALO, “Hegel and the ontological status of negation,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 289–297, May 2023.
