Yeomans Christopher (EN) — Freedom and Reflection: Hegel and the Logic of Agency

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There are many insightful discussions of Hegels practical philosophy that emphasize the uniqueness of his expressivist and social theory of agency, but few recognize that these two aspects of Hegels theory of the will are insufficient to avoid the traditional problem of free will. In fact, the problem can easily be shown to recur in the very language used to express why Hegels theory is a theory of freedom at all. In part, this lack of recognition results from the fact that there has not yet been a study of Hegels theory of the will that has formulated the problem against the background of the contemporary literature on free will, where basic concerns about the explicability of action loom large. By using the continuity between the contemporary concerns and those of Hegels predecessors (particularly Kant), Yeomans shows the necessity of reference to the Logic in order to supplement Hegels own practical philosophy and the scholarship based on it. In addition to adding significantly to our understanding of Hegels theory of agency and recapturing its significance with respect to continuing modern reflection on free will, this study also shows that Hegels Logic can do some real philosophical work on a specific problem. Though Hegels logical terminology is notorious for its impenetrability, Yeomans translates Hegels jargon into a more easily comprehensible vocabulary. He further helps the reader by providing introductory discussions framing the central issues of each chapter both in terms of the problem of free will and in terms of the development of Hegels argument to that point in the Logic. Presenting the reader with frequent use of examples, Yeomans leavens the abstractness of Hegels presentation and makes the topic accessible to readers new to Hegel as well as those well versed in his work.