'An important and first-rate contribution—bold, original, well argued, and rich with historical and systematic implications. By drawing attention to the 'logocentric predicament,' McNulty clarifies Hegel's defense of metaphysics against worries like Kant's.' James Kreines, Claremont McKenna University
Introduction; German Idealism and the Logocentric Predicament; 1. 'Irrational Cognition of the Rational': Hegel on Aristotelian Logic; 2. The Ontological Proof as 'The True Critique of the Categories and of Reason': Hegel on Kant's Transcendental Logic; 3. Hegel's Critique of 'The Former Metaphysics'; 4. Hegel's Response to Kant's Critique of Metaphysics; 5. Logical Contradiction and Real Opposition: Hegel on the Laws of Logic; 6. Mediated Immediacy: Concept, Judgment and Syllogism; 7. A Circle of Circles: Analysis, Synthesis, Dialectic.