Contemporary Hegelian Scholarship: On Robert Stern’s Holistic Reading of Hegel

This is a monographic presentation in which the author depicts the guidelines of Professor Robert Stern’s interpretation of Hegelian Metaphysics by emphasizing in its characteristic holistic reading. The proposal is that some key fundamental topics of Hegelian scholarship will emerge with a clarified understanding after this reading: the concept of Truth and absolute knowledge are reassessed by showing the necessary connection of Epistemology and Metaphysics in Hegel. Hegelian Metaphysics, accordingly, appears ultimately as the principle for a reading of Hegel’s entire philosophy and illuminates its nature of general metaphysical inquiry. Finally, this reading allows drawing on the connection of Hegel’s Idealism with the Pragmatist tradition initiated by Peirce.

1. The State of Hegelian Scholarship with regards to Hegel’s Metaphysics -- 2. Holism and the Unity of Hegel’s Work: How is Hegelian Metaphysics Possible? -- 3. The Unity of the Object and Universality: Hegel contra Kant -- 4. Truth and Correctness: Hegel’s Account of Truth -- 5. Hegel on Absolute Idealism and Conceptual Realism -- Conclusion