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- The Grounding of Positive Philosophy: The Berlin Lectures
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: State University of New York Press
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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.
Table of Contents
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- p. ix
- TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-84
- TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- pp. 85-87
- ON PHILOSOPHY
- pp. 91-100
- ON THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY
- pp. 101-111
- METAPHYSICS BEFORE KANT
- pp. 113-126
- KANT, FICHTE, AND A SCIENCE OF REASON
- pp. 127-139
- HISTORY OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY
- pp. 155-169
- METAPHYSICAL EMPIRICISM
- pp. 171-191
- THE GROUNDING OF POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY
- pp. 193-212
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791479940
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
173488165
Pages
242
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No