This chapter considers what makes the Hegel's enterprise in metaphysics distinctive, and in particular how it differs from that of his great predecessor, Immanuel Kant. It is argued that while Hegel should be understood as going further in his metaphysical enterprise than Kant's critical a... see more

In the Preface to the Philosophy of Right, Hegel writes that ‘what is rational is actual; and what is actual is rational’. This so-called Doppelsatz has been much discussed, with commentators offering both conservative and progressive readings of Hegel's meaning. This chapter takes a diffe... see more

This chapter puts forward a revisionary reading of Hegel's reception in Britain at the turn of the 19th century, in suggesting that the stance of the British Hegelians is very close to the sort of non-metaphysical or category theory interpretations that have been in vogue amongst contempor... see more