I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University, where I completed my dissertation on Hegel’s Science of Logic. I currently serve as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Mississippi State University, where I teach courses in the history of philosophy, including on Hegel and Kant.
Dr. Giorgi Lebanidze
Period at the center: June 1, 2026 – July 31, 2026
Research Project: The Kantian Origins of Hegel’s doctrine of the Concept
Email: gl619@msstate.edu
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The Kantian Origins of Hegel’s doctrine of the Concept
At the Potsdam Center for Post-Kantian Philosophy, my research is focused on the Kantian origins of Hegel’s doctrine of the Concept. My main areas of interest are Hegel’s Logic and Kant’s theoretical philosophy. In my book, Hegel’s Transcendental Ontology(Lexington Books, December 2018), I offer an original reading of the final part of the Logic, the Doctrine of the Concept. I argue that Hegel advances an ontology that constitutes a paradigm shift from traditional metaphysical theories. He breaks from traditional approaches to metaphysical problems and, through a radical reformulation of the relationship between thought and being, proposes a novel form of metaphysics that is fundamentally Kantian in character.
Selected publications
Monograph
Hegel’s Transcendental Ontology (Lexington Books, December 2018).
Article
“What is Kant’s Goal in the Metaphysical Deduction?” in The Proceedings of the 14th International Kant Congress ‘Kant’s Project of Enlightenment’ (Berlin: de Gruyter, forthcoming).
“Hegel’s Critique of Rationalist Metaphysics in the Vorbegriff Chapter of the Encyclopedia Logic”, in History of Philosophy Quarterly, January 2019; Vol. 36, No. 1, 61-79.