Positing Reflection

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The first form of reflection, in which thought itself produces ("posits") its determinations. Positing reflection is purely with itself, circular, self-referential. Its result is "positedness" --- determinations that have no independent standing, because they exist only through the act of positing.

In Hegel: Science of Logic II, first section, "Essence as Reflection Within Itself"

Cross-references: External Reflection, Determining Reflection, Positing, Positedness, Immediate, Reflection

Commentary on the Logic, Chapter 5

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