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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966645803321

Autore

Schelling Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von <1775-1854.>

Titolo

The grounding of positive philosophy : the Berlin lectures / / by F.W.J. Schelling ; translated and with an introduction and notes by Bruce Matthews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

9780791479940

0791479943

9781435600096

1435600096

Descrizione fisica

xi, 229 p

Collana

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

SUNY series Hegelian studies

Altri autori (Persone)

MatthewsBruce <1962->

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Philosophy, Modern - History

Positivism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

On philosophy -- On the academic study of philosophy -- Metaphysics before Kant -- Kant, Fichte, and a science of reason -- The difference between negative and positive philosophy -- History of negative and positive philosophy -- Metaphysical empiricism -- The grounding of positive philosophy.

Sommario/riassunto

The Berlin lectures in The Grounding of Positive Philosophy, appearing here for the first time in English, advance Schelling's final "existential system" as an alternative to modernity's reduction of philosophy to a purely formal science of reason. The onetime protégé of Fichte and benefactor of Hegel, Schelling accuses German Idealism of dealing "with the world of lived experience just as a surgeon who promises to cure your ailing leg by amputating it." Schelling's appeal in Berlin for a positive, existential philosophy found an interested audience in Kierkegaard, Engels, Feuerbach, Marx, and Bakunin. His account of the ecstatic nature of existence and reason proved to be decisive for the work of Paul Tillich and Martin Heidegger. Also, Schelling's critique of reason's quixotic attempt at self-grounding anticipates similar



criticisms leveled by poststructuralism, but without sacrificing philosophy's power to provide a positive account of truth and meaning. The Berlin lectures provide fascinating insight into the thought processes of one of the most provocative yet least understood thinkers of nineteenth-century German philosophy.