Method and Logic

Deductive Logic and Inductive Logic are two methods of extending Knowledge.  The arc of the former is from Universal to Particular, while that of the latter is the inverse.  Thus, insofar as Rationalism begins with a Universal, and Empiricism with a Particular, Deductive Logic is a method usually associated with Rationalism, and Inductive Logic with Empiricism.  However, Hegel employs neither in the Phenomenology.  Its arc from Particular to Universal might seem to be effected by Inductive Logic.  But, while in Inductive Logic, a Particular subsists after it is extended from, in Hegel's method, a Particular is unstable because insufficient, eventually giving way to a more comprehensive Particular, etc., until a stable Universal is reached.  This method is, of course, Dialectical Logic, derived from the methods of Plato and Kant, and classified as Rational.  But, Hegel's Rationalism departs from both the Rationalism and the Empiricism of the preceding era.  For, his Universal-Particular contrast is that of Whole-Part, whereas the Universal-Particular contrast of each of those traditions is that of Class-Member.  In other words, traditional Deductive and Inductive Logics are each Categorial, while Hegel's Dialectical Logic is Holistic.  Hence, the aim of his method is not extending Knowledge, but completing it.