Category

Hegel (Logic)

A pure determination of thought or basic concept of logic (e.g., being, nothing, quality, quantity, measure, substance, causality, concept). In Hegel, categories are not static (as in Kant) but develop out of one another dialectically (Chap. 1.13).

Origin

Logic; Concept; Determination; Method

In Hegel

Enc. §84 (in Hegel there: *determinations of being*, *determinations of thought*; he uses "category" chiefly in connection with Kant, §§42 f.)