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?- 0 Hegel's 'System of Science'
- 1 Logic (Thinking of Thinking, Science of Science)
- 2 Nature (science of matter)
- 3 Spirit/Mind (Science of humanities)
- 11 Being (immediateness, 'Ontology')
- 12 Essence (mediation, reflection, metaphysics)
- 13 Concept (Notion / Logos / Comprehension, 'Begriff')
- 111 Determinateness (Quality)
- 112 Magnitude (Quantity)
- 113 Measure (qualitative Quantity)
- 1131 Specific Quantity
- 1132 Real measure
- 1133 Becoming of Essence
- 11311 Specific Quantum
- 11312 Specifying Measure
- 11313 Being for self in measure
Specific Quantum
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The determinate quantity that belongs to a determinate quality. According to Hegel (Enc. §108), the specific quantum has a double structure: it is "in part mere quantum" (it can vary within a certain range without changing the quality --- "existence is capable of increase and decrease without the measure being sublated") and "in part qualitatively significant" (exceeding these limits leads to a qualitative reversal --- "the alteration of the quantum is also an alteration of the quality"). "The measure is, in this respect, a rule" --- a range with a margin of variation (36.5--37.5°C for healthy body temperature), beyond which the quality flips over (at 40°C: fever).
Origin: From "specify" (to make determinate, to concretize). The quantum belonging to this kind.
In Hegel: Enc. §107--108; SL Vol. 1, Doctrine of Being, Measure
Cross-references: Quantum, Measure, Specific Quantum, Rule