In this paper, I propose that Hegel and Frege are more alike than currently thought. As Hegel and Frege are the founding fathers of the continental and analytic cultures of philosophy respectively, the salient argument of this paper is that the two cultures are, likewise, more alike than thought. I compare Hegel's first publication, often called Differenzschrift, to Frege's later works on the philosophy of language, Funktion und Begriff and Über Sinn und Bedeutung. I argue that in explicating the cognitive difference expressed by the concept of identity, Hegel develops a theory of pragmatics and semantics that has several similarities to the Mediated Reference Theory proposed by Frege. In doing so, I present an analytic account of Hegel's Absolute Identity determined by the equality of the co-domains produced by two compound functions. These functions are composed of semantic, pragmatic and epistemic constraints that evaluate the ontic content of a proposition.
Table of Contents
§1 Hegel of the Differenzschrift
§1.1 Some Initial Terminology - Reason, Intellect, Speculation, Reflection
§1.2 Translation of Key Terms
§1.3 Qualms with Kant
§1.4 Fuss with Fichte
§1.5 Historicism - The Eternal and the I diosyncratic In Philosophy
§1.6 The Necessity/Need of Philosophy - The Dichotomy and its Suspension
§1.7 Reflection as an Instrument for Philosophy.
§1.7.1 Reflection of Reason
§1.7.2 Reflection of the Intellect for Reason I
§1.7.3 The Failure of Reflection of the Intellect without Reason 1
§1.7.4 Reflection of the Intellect for Reason II
§1.7.5 Conclusion of Reflection as an Instrument for Philosophy
§1.8 Relation of Speculation to Common Sense
§1.9 Summary of sections 1.1 - 1.8
§1.10 Principle of a Philosophy in the Form of an Absolute Basic Proposition
§1.11 The .Absolute Identity
§2 Frege
§2.1 Funktion und Begriff
§2.2 IJber Sinn und Bedeutung
§2.3 Conclusion
§3 Fregel
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- John Dorsch (Author), 2012, Fregel. Hegel and Frege, or Toward a Unified Conception of Identity Differenzschrift and Über Sinn und Bedeutung, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/412273
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