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Hegel is the philosopher of threes. His entire system is triune: logic-nature-spirit. Within the logic is a triune structure: being, essence, notion. Within notion there is a triad: subject-object-idea. Within subjectivity, there is a triad: notion, judgment, syllogism. Yet when we examine Hegel's critique of judgment, there are four (not three): inherence-reflection-necessity-notion.
This paper tries to explain why this is so. There is a disturbing element present at all times in Hegel's logic - what Slavoj Zizek named a silent fourth, which erupts and manifests itself in judgment. This paper refines and justifies Zizek's insight, arguing from the text of Hegel's monumental "Science of Logic".
Publication Date
2004
Volume
3
Publisher
Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal
First Page
143
Keywords
Georg Hegel, judgment, philosophy, jurisprudence, reflection
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
David G. Carlson,
Why are There Four Hegelian Judgments,
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Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal
143
(2004).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty-articles/20