This is the first book-length study to interpret the Critique of Pure Reason in view of Kant's sustained efforts to turn Wolffian metaphysics into a science. It not only sheds new light on key chapters of Kant's work, but also reconstructs the outline of his projected 'system of pure reason'.
Focusing on the Science of Logic , this wide-ranging and innovative reading exposes the force as well as the limit of Hegel's philosophy. Drawing on Hegel's early account of tragic conflicts, De Boer brings into play a form of negativity that challenges the optimism inherent in modernity and Hegelian dialectics alike.