Alison Stone 
Petrified Intelligence 
Nature in Hegel’s Philosophy

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Problem of Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature

Abbreviations

1. A Priori Knowledge in Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature

Textual Ambiguities in the Philosophy of Nature
How Cogent is Strong A Priorism?
How Cogent is Weak A Priorism?
Metaphysical Disputes in the Interpretation of the Philosophy of Nature
The Fecundity of the Strong A Priori Reading

2. The Development of Nature: Overcoming the Division between Matter and Thought

Consciousness/Nature
Sensuous Consciousness/Material Externality
Perception/Bodies
Understanding/Physical Qualities
Life
Hegel’s Metaphysical Theory of Nature

3. The Rationality of Nature

Hegel’s Rationalist Conception of Nature
Rationalist and Scientific Conceptions of Nature
Teleology and Modern Science
Science, A Priori Reasoning, and the Rationality of Nature
Nature as Petrified Intelligence

4. Two Defenses of Hegel’s Metaphysics of Nature

The Limits of Empirical Science
Hegel’s Argument from Explanatory Power
Hegel’s Argument from Systematic Derivation
From Logic to Nature?

5. Sensibility and the Elements

Bildung and the Articulation of Sensibility
The Elements in Sensibility
The Physical Elements in Nature
Rationality and Dynamism in Elemental Nature
Evaluating Hegel’s Phenomenological Argument

6. Ethical Implications of Hegel’s Theory of Nature

Ethical Complexity in the Philosophy of Nature
Practical Reason in the World
The Goodness of Nature
Sensibility and the Intrinsic Value of Nature
The Morality of Transforming Nature
How Consistent is Hegel’s Account of Nature’s Ethical Status?
Assessment of Hegel’s Ethical Argument

Conclusion: Hegel’s Project of a Philosophy of Nature

Notes

Works Cited

Index