Systematics
Hegel & Our Methodology
The complete, ordered presentation of a field of knowledge from principles. Not an arbitrary collection, but a necessary structuring that arises from the subject matter itself.
Origin
Aristotle: system of the sciences. Kant: system of pure reason. Hegel: system as the self-unfolding of the concept. Postmodern critique: systematics is totalitarian. Our answer: open systematics.
In Hegel
Enz. §14-18