Adjusting pointers with infinity

definition of quantitative infinity in Hegel's logic

Abstract

: The article discusses the concept of quantitative infinity from the section on quantity in Hegel's Logic, with the expectation of contributing to a possible broader philosophical understanding of Charles S. Peirce's notion of the quality of the sign (quali-sign) and the singularity or quantity of the sign (sin-sign). Hegel promotes a blunt criticism of the category of quantity in Kant, and of the subjective separation between phenomenon and thing-in-itself, seem to point to an enlightening key for understanding Peirce's categories of the sign-in-itself. To this end, Hegel presents what quantity, quantum, good and bad infinity are, using mathematics as an instrument for the development of this part of Logic.