TY  - JOUR
A1  - Khurana, Thomas
T1  - This other life that knows itself as life
T2  - European journal of philosophy
N2  - In this paper, I discuss Karen Ng's reconstruction of Hegel's concept of life. On Ng's account, Hegel's conception of life has a remarkable double role to play: Life is both the proper object of judgment as well as a fundamental characterization of the activity of the judging subject. In a first step, I highlight the insight that Ng's account sheds on the internal connection of life and self-consciousness and the peculiar normativity of life. In a second step, I raise three concerns about Ng's strong focus on the logical notion of life which she characterizes as non-empirical and a priori. I argue that in order to uncover the full significance of the notion of life for Hegel we have to turn to his Philosophy of Nature and Spirit.
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/57847
SN  - 978-0-19-094761-3
SN  - 0966-8373
SN  - 1468-0378
N1  - Rezension zu: Ng, Karen: Hegel's concept of life : self-consciousness, freedon, logic. - New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. - xiii, 319 p. - ISBN 978-0-19-094761-3
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SP  - 1136
EP  - 1144
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  -