McDowell and Hegel: Perceptual Experience, Thought and Action: 20 1st ed. 2018 Edition

This book presents a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the relationship between the thought of G.W.F. Hegel and that of John McDowell, the latter of whom is widely considered to be one of the most influential living analytic philosophers. It serves as a point of entry in McDowell’s and Hegel’s philosophy, and a substantial contribution to ongoing debates on perceptual experience and perceptual justification, naturalism, human freedom and action. The chapters gathered in this volume, as well as McDowell’s responses, make it clear that McDowell’s work paves the way for an original reading of Hegel’s texts. His conceptual framework allows for new interpretive possibilities in Hegel’s philosophy which, until now, have remained largely unexplored. Moreover, these interpretations shed light on various aspects of continuity and discontinuity between the philosophies of these two authors, thus defining more clearly their positions on specific issues. In addition, they allow us to see Hegel’s thought as containing a number of conceptual tools that might be useful for advancing McDowell’s own philosophy and contemporary philosophy in general.

Federico Sanguinetti received his PhD in Philosophy from both the University of Padova (2013) and the University of Münster (2015) and is now Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He specializes in Classical German Philosophy and contemporary epistemology. He is author of the book La teoria hegeliana della sensazione (“Hegel’s Theory of Sensation”) and of several essays on Hegel and McDowell.

André J. Abath received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield (2007), and is now Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He specializes in philosophy of perception, philosophy of mind and epistemology, and has written several articles in these areas.