Reell

Hegel (Logic of Essence, opposed to formal)

Reell means substantive, filled with actuality. Real possibility has conditions in actuality (not merely conceivable, but realizable). The real difference is a difference of content (not merely formal diversity). In Hegel it is often used synonymously with "real." The reell is what has been realized, what is substantial, as opposed to the merely formal.

Origin

Latin realis (pertaining to a thing, factual). Scholasticism: res (thing) — realitas as the substance of a thing. Kant: real opposition (A and -A) versus logical contradiction. Hegel: reell as the counter-concept to the abstract-formal.

In Hegel

(Synonym for reality)

Cross-references

Formal · Actuality · Real · Possibility · Concrete