Single Idea 21755

[catalogued under 7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism]

Full Idea

For Hegel, the categories of thought are not fixed, eternal forms that remain unchanged throughout history, but are concepts that alter their meaning in history.

Gist of Idea

For Hegel, categories shift their form in the course of history

Source

report of Georg W.F.Hegel (works [1812]) by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 01

Book Reference

Houlgate,Stephen: 'An Introduction to Hegel' [Blackwell 2005], p.6


A Reaction

This results from a critique of Kant's rather rigid view of categories. This idea is very influential, and certainly counts among Hegel's better ideas.

Related Idea

Idea 21754 Our concepts and categories disclose the world, because we are part of the world [Hegel, by Houlgate]