Introduction

The Science of Logic1 stands at the very center of Hegel's philosophy. Upon this work depends the rest of Hegel's prodigious work on nature, politics, aesthetics, and psychology. In Hegel's own words, the Science of Logic is nothing short of "the exposition of God as he is in his eternal essence before the creation of nature and a finite mind."2 "[S]trong stuff from a relatively unknown writer who was at the time still only a Gymnasium professor with unfulfilled aspirations for university employment."3

After a century of neglect, there is a great upsurge in interest in Hegel's Logic. Whereas the English speaking world produced only two comprehensive studies in the first three-fourths of the twentieth century,4 it has produced dozens since then.5 Without question, we are in the midst of a Hegelian renaissance.

Anyone familiar with this literature will have the correct impression that by far the greatest amount of work concerns the opening chapters of the Science of Logic. By the time the Logic reaches Essence, the amount of scholarship begins to wane. And by the time the last third of the Logic appears on the scene-the Subjective Logic-scholarly comment is rare indeed.

This symposium is our attempt to even out the balance. A dozen scholars have been invited...

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