HEGEL’S ABSOLUTE DIALETHEISM

In Hegel’s Absolute Dialetheism I argue that Hegel advances the view that there are true contradictions. In addition to the strong textual evidence for the view, I argue that without endorsing the truth of contradic- tion we cannot make sense of absoluteness and atemporality of Hegel’s categories, the development from identity to ground, or the form of specula- tive thought in Hegel’s corpus. Without accepting some form of dialetheism, Hegel’s philosophy is defenceless against its critics.