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In his ‘Foreword’ to the English translation of Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature, J. N. Findlay confesses that the section devoted to physics is the most difficult part of the work and “requires a detailed, paragraph-by-paragraph commentary by one as much versed in physical science and its history as in Hegelian concepts” (p. xviii). Fortunately for us, Gerd Buchdahl is just such a one. His lucid and subtle comments illuminate what are indeed very dark corners of the Hegelian edifice. My intent in these brief comments on the comments is simply to lure him on to further, more intensive and extensive luminosity.
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Compton, J.J. (1984). A Comment on Buchdahl’s ‘Conceptual Analysis and Scientific Theory In Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature (With Special Reference To Hegel’s Optics)’. In: Cohen, R.S., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) Hegel and the Sciences. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6233-0_3
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