Schelling's Ontology of Powers / / Charlotte Alderwick.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Alderwick, Charlotte,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: New Perspectives in Ontology : NPO
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Brings Schelling’s ontology into conversation with contemporary analytic metaphysics of powersContributes to the recent revival of interest in Schelling as a historical figures as well as relevant to contemporary concernsOffers a unique account of Schelling’s philosophy and conception of freedomLinks Schelling’s work to current debates in the analytic traditionCharlotte Alderwick presents Schelling’s ontology as fundamentally power-based. She demonstrates that this ontology enables his unique conception of human freedom outlined in the 'Freedom' essay.This distinctive reading demonstrates that Schelling’s power-based ontology can usefully problematise and supplement contemporary work on power-based ontologies. First, where current work focuses on powers in relation to specific areas of metaphysics, Schelling provides a holistic picture, encompassing these areas into a single ontological story. Secondly, engagement with Schelling’s work points to problems (and to possible solutions) that will arise for any power-based metaphysics, but have not been examined in the literature.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Notes on Referencing -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Powers: Contemporary Accounts -- Chapter 2 Freedom: The Post-Kantian Perspective -- Chapter 3 Powers: Schelling’s Naturphilosophie -- Chapter 4 Absolute Identity: Between the Naturphilosophie and the Freedom Essay -- Chapter 5 Freedom and Powers: Schelling’s Freedom Essay -- Chapter 6 Freedom and Powers: The Trouble with Powers -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index