McDowell and Hegel

This book presents a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the relationship between the thought of G.W.F. Hegel and that of John McDowell, the latter of whom is widely considered to be one of the most influential living analytic philosophers. It serves as a point of entry in McDowells and Hegels philosophy, and a substantial contribution to ongoing debates on perceptual experience and perceptual justification, naturalism, human freedom and action. The chapters gathered in this volume, as well as McDowells responses, make it clear that McDowells work paves the way for an original reading of Hegels texts. His conceptual framework allows for new interpretive possibilities in Hegels philosophy which, until now, have remained largely unexplored. Moreover, these interpretations shed light on various aspects of continuity and discontinuity between the philosophies of these two authors, thus defining more clearly their positions on specific issues. In addition, they allow us to see Hegels thought as containing a number of conceptual tools that might be useful for advancing McDowells own philosophy and contemporary philosophy in general.