Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 09 – 12 Consider the familiar transformation: Ice ↔ liquid water ↔ water vapor Hegel used the different phases of water as an example of the transition from quantitative to qualitative change. A gradual alteration in temperature, he observed, does not merely make water progressively warmer or colder. AtContinue reading “Excursus 141 — On the Materialization of Hegelian Dialectic”
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Excursus 118 – On the Metaphysical and Historical Senses of Materialism
Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 07 – 23 The term materialism has been used in philosophy in several distinct senses, and failure to distinguish them has been a frequent source of confusion. In metaphysical (or ontological) materialism, represented classically by Hobbes, materialism is a theory of reality. It holds that only material substance existsContinue reading “Excursus 118 – On the Metaphysical and Historical Senses of Materialism”
Hossein Jorjani 