THE QUEST FOR MONISM: ON THE UNITY AND CONTRADICTORINESS OF HEGEL’S CONCEPT

The article offers a reconstruction of Gregory S. Moss’s interpretation of Hegel as developed in Hegel’s Foundation Free Metaphysics. It focuses on the status of the Concept and on the claim that its unity is intrinsically contradictory, outlining the main theoretical articulations of Moss’s argument. The book’s treatment of the contradictions faced by traditional metaphysics is presented in outline, as a basis for a closer examination of the critical issues that emerge from the author’s proposal. While acknowledging the originality and speculative strength of the account, the article raises some reservations concerning the relation between concrete universality and particularity within Moss’s dialetheic reading of Hegel.