Idealistic Studies

Volume 22, Issue 3, September 1992

Hegel and the Search For Epistemological Criteria

In the “Introduction” to his Phenomenology of Spirit, Hegel suggests that the establishment of an adequate epistemological foundation is a necessary condition for Philosophy to realize the form of Science. At the same time, Hegel says that the epistemological foundation wiIl not be something imposed from without, rather it will develop from a study of cognition itself. This paper examines the nature of Hegel’s attempt to establish an adequate epistemological foundation for Philosophy to realize the form of Science.