%0 Journal Article
%T The notion of Threshold: an investigation into conceptual accompaniment in Aristotle and Hegel
%A Jason Carter
%J Conserveries M¨¦morielles : Revue Transdisciplinaire de Jeunes Chercheurs
%D 2010
%I Conserveries M¨¦morielles
%X What is unique to the idea of a threshold is that it is a threshold¡¯s proper definition to generate or signal an inevitable accompanying image of a surrounding boundary or a further field of exploration, even though these accompanying terms or images seem like they should be excluded from its definition. Hegel described this phenomenon of the movement from a concept¡¯s definition to its accompanying terms as the determination of a concept through ¡®negation¡¯, and viewed such a method as central to philosophical insight. However, what is not usually noted is that Hegel¡¯s notion of negation is both crucially related to Aristotle¡¯s thought on how definitions are formulated, as well as his postulations about opposites and their connection through a third substantial thing. Through a close examination of the problem of Aristotle¡¯s categories, along with Aristotle¡¯s description of the differentiae, movement, and the meaning of the copula, we can demonstrate that Aristotle¡¯s thinking is at core structured by non-binary ¡®threshold concepts¡¯ which are essential to his philosophical system. Finally, we will show how Hegel attempted to take these essentially structural threshold concepts in Aristotle and turn their function into a methodology for both thought itself as well as the philosophical determination of the categories of being. Ce qui est particulier ¨¤ l¡¯id¨¦e de seuil c¡¯est que c¡¯est sa propre d¨¦finition de g¨¦n¨¦rer un contour conceptuel qui va vers un autre champ d¡¯exploration, m¨ºme si ces images de contour semblent devoir ¨ºtre exclues de sa d¨¦finition. Hegel a d¨¦crit ce ph¨¦nom¨¨ne du mouvement de la d¨¦finition d¡¯un concept vers les termes qui l¡¯accompagnent comme la d¨¦termination d¡¯un concept ¨¤ partir de sa   n¨¦gation   et a consid¨¦r¨¦ cette m¨¦thode comme fondamentale ¨¤ toute approche philosophique. Ce texte explore le fait que la notion h¨¦g¨¦lienne de la n¨¦gation remonte aux id¨¦es d¡¯Aristote au sujet de la bonne formulation d¡¯une d¨¦finition ainsi que ses id¨¦es sur les oppos¨¦s et la connexion entre eux ¨¤ travers un troisi¨¨me terme. Il s¡¯applique ¨¤ d¨¦montrer ¨¤ travers un examen des cat¨¦gories d¡¯Aristote et de la notion de diff¨¦rence, du mouvement et de la signification de la copule, que la pens¨¦e d¡¯Aristote est structur¨¦e par des concepts-seuils non-binaires qui sont essentiels ¨¤ son syst¨¨me philosophique. Enfin, il sera montr¨¦ comment Hegel a tent¨¦ de prendre ces concepts-seuils chez Aristote pour leur donner une fonction m¨¦thodologique pour la pens¨¦e elle-m¨ºme ainsi que pour la d¨¦termination philosophique des cat¨¦gories de l¡¯¨ºtre.
%K conceptual accompaniment
%K connection
%K border
%K movement
%K threshold
%K difference
%K seuil
%K contour conceptuel
%K connexion
%K fronti¨¨re
%K mouvement
%K difference
%U http://cm.revues.org/431