Systematic Meanings and Functions of Abstraction in the Science of Logic.
Journal title RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA
Author/s Federico Orsini
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/2
Language Italian Pages 27 P. 233-259 File size 329 KB
DOI 10.3280/SF2026-002002
DOI is like a bar code for intellectual property: to have more infomation
click here
Below, you can see the article first page
If you want to buy this article in PDF format, you can do it, following the instructions to buy download credits
FrancoAngeli is member of Publishers International Linking Association, Inc (PILA), a not-for-profit association which run the CrossRef service enabling links to and from online scholarly content.
The aim of the article is to clarify the systematic connection between three functions of abstraction in Hegel’s Science of Logic: historical, pedagogical, and epistemological. Section 1 addresses the historical function of abstraction, analyzes two different meanings of abstraction and develops the problems concerning the circular relation of the Logic to the history of philosophy. Section 2 considers the role of abstraction in Hegel’s understanding of formation (Bildung) and the sort of freedom that is involved in this process. Section 3 deals with the epistemological function, which is related to the position of abstraction in the order of conceptual knowledge and, at a higher level, to the status or value of the Logic within Hegel’s conception of philosophy as science.
Keywords: abstraction, logic, idealism, concept, presurrppositionlessness, science.
Federico Orsini, Significati e funzioni sistematiche dell’astrazione nella Scienza della logica in "RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA" 2/2026, pp 233-259, DOI: 10.3280/SF2026-002002