Conclusion:
Logic cannot be divided by parts. Instead, Logical doctrine has three stages that are in all logical entity of every possible notion and truth. The last two stages are under the first stage which is that of Understanding.
“These three sides do not make three parts of logic, but are stages or moments in every logical entity, that is, of every notion and truth whatever.” (92/79).
Premises:
1. Understanding is imperative (92/80a). There is no truth without Understanding.
2. The Dialectical stage is used by the understanding. (95/81b)
a) This second stage (Dialectic) is the stage of doubt or skepticism. This stage is presented as a negation and argued (95/81b).
b) Philosophy is not satisfy with the negative result of the Dialectic. The negative result of the Dialectic is at the same time positive, taking us to the third stage, that of positive reason or speculative form (99/81b).
3. Truth needs to be authenticated (102/83). The three stages: (a) Understanding, (b) Dialectical or negative reason, and (c) Speculative or positive reason; are moments in the process of authenticating the truth.
The first premise is noted indeed clearly. The understanding is fundamental for the existence of the truth. And that in turn requires knowledge, as he wrote "the examination of knowledge can only be carried out by an act of knowledge" (6/28). Hence, we ought to know and understand in order to acknowledge the actuality.
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DeleteThis is how we function today in society. After going through the three stages if mistakenly a 'false' truth is concluded, the continues collective knowledge will call for a natural skeptic view of this 'truth' and move forward to the speculative or positive reason stage to correct and learn from the mistake.
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