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 dialectically out of one another (Ch. 1.13).

Origin

Logic; Concept; Determination; Method

In Hegel

Enc. §84 (Logic as the doctrine of categories)