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Single Idea 19661

[filed under theme 2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason ]

Full Idea

Hegel saw that the absolutization of the principle of sufficient reason (which marked the culmination of the belief in the necessity of what is) required the devaluation of the principle of non-contradiction.

Gist of Idea

Making sufficient reason an absolute devalues the principle of non-contradiction

Source

report of Georg W.F.Hegel (works [1812], 3) by Quentin Meillassoux - After Finitude; the necessity of contingency 3

Book Ref

Meillassoux: 'After Finitude: the necessity of contingency', ed/tr. Brassier,R [Bloomsbury 2008], p.71


A Reaction

I pass this on without understanding it, though a joint study of my collection of ideas on sufficient reason and non-contradiction might make it clear. [Let me know if you can explain it!]

Related Ideas

Idea 18241 Sufficient reason is implied by contradiction, of an insufficient possible which exists [Wolff, by Korsgaard]

Idea 19404 Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz]