Schelling and Modern European Philosophy
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This is the first book in English to present F. W. J. Schelling (1775-1854) as a major European philosopher in his own right. Schelling and Modern European Philosophy surveys the whole of Schelling's philosophical career and lucidly reconstructs his key arguments, drawing from highly complex, often inaccessible and untranslated texts. Andrew Bowie argues that Schelling, usually considered an interesting but eccentric precursor to Hegel, actually offered serious alternatives to Hegel's thinking. Bowie shows that central ideas and conceptual strategies in the work of thinkers as diverse as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida and Davidson relate closely to Schelling's often misunderstood philosophy. The book demonstrates that Schelling was a crucial transitional figure in the development of modern philosophy.
AcknowledgementsIntroduction1Situating Schelling1Metaphor and metaphysics5Stages in Schelling's philosophy121Absolute Beginnings15Fichte and Spinozism15Jacobi, Fichte, and the Pantheism controversy17The ground of judgement252The Hermeneutics of Nature30Matter and life30The productivity of nature34Nature as visible mind38The facticity of nature423The History of Consciousness and the Truth of Art45The path to the self45Self-reference and art494Identity Philosophy55The identity of the Absolute55Moving beyond the I: the break with Fichte57Transitive being and identity60Identity and 'differance'67Schelling, Rorty and Davidson75Absolute reflection82The problem of transition875Freedom, Ontology and Language91Ground and freedom91World-making98Word-making1156Schelling Or Hegel?127Introduction127Reflection and in version130The limits of negative philosophy141Positive philosophy147Concept and being159The logic of reflection168Non-identity172Conclusion178Notes192Bibliography204A list of translations of Schelling's works208Index209
