Teleology and logic in Hegel. End and objectivity in the propaedeutic writings of Nuremberg

Abstract

The article seeks, first, to determine the original position and function of the end (Zweck) concept in Nuremberg (as last part of Syllogism and pure transit to idea). Then, the systematicarchitectural modifications that gave rise to the emergence of the Objectivity section in the Logic are reconstructed. The emergence of this section reshapes the position of the end: within Objectivity the end is embedded as a specific form of causality (external end), which differs from the mechanical-chemical processes. With this modification, the transition to the idea ceases to be pure and is specifically defined as an instrumental moment of the concept in its process of realization in Objectivity.