Kants Erbe und Hegels Aufhebung: Hegels Rezeption, Kritik und Transformation von Kants Lehre der teleologischen Urteilskraft

The doctrine of teleological judgment, a legacy of Kant, had a profound and enduring influence on Hegel’s philosophical thought, informing his thinking from his early formative years to his later mature phase. During his time in Jena, Hegel endeavored to reinterpret the foundational determinations of Kant’s teleological judgment within the framework of Schelling's philosophy, seeking to integrate them into a monistic-metaphysical system. In his later years, Hegel received Kant’s fundamental views on external and internal purposiveness and their differentiation. However, he critically examined the structure, standpoint, and antinomy of teleological judgment. Considering Hegel’s reception and critique of Kant’s work, the transformation of the doctrine of teleological judgment into Hegel’s own philosophy can be encapsulated in three key developments. First, he advances from teleological reflective judgment to teleological rational conclusion. Second, he progresses from synthetic universality to concrete universality; he transitions from intuitive understanding to logical reason. Finally, he evolves the antinomy of teleological judgment into a dialectical-speculative method.