Trieb and Triebe in Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics of Nature

Segala, Marco

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-84160-7_15

Cited by 19 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 5 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In this respect, philosophy should not only establish that the end is realizable but should also provide practical guidance concerning how we can become virtuous. Stressing that considering the highest good is essential for attaining architectonic unity in the science of metaphysics is not in conflict with the claim that the ultimate role of philosophy is teaching how we can become virtuous, where this is not a task for metaphysics as a science (I make a proposal along these lines in Gava 2023a. See also Gava 2023b: 39–40).…”

Section: The Worldly Concept Of Philosophy and The Architectonic Unit...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Nature of the Critique of Pure Reason and the Architectonic Unity of Metaphysics: A Response to my Critics

Gava

2024

Kantian rev.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

I respond to Karin de Boer, Thomas Land, and Claudio La Rocca’s comments on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics (CUP 2023). I first provide a quick outline of some of the main claims I make in the book. I then directly address their criticisms, which I group into three categories. The first group of comments raises doubts concerning my characterization of the central tasks of the critique of pure reason. The second targets the fact that I downplay faculty analysis as an essential characteristic of the critique. The third has to do with my claim that the Critique of Pure Reason aims to show that metaphysics is capable of architectonic unity, where this unity is only achievable when we construe metaphysics according to the worldly concept of philosophy.

show abstract

Section: The Worldly Concept Of Philosophy and The Architectonic Unit...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Nature of the Critique of Pure Reason and the Architectonic Unity of Metaphysics: A Response to my Critics

Gava

2024

Kantian rev.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Evil in Nature

La Vergata

2023

Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A Convex Mirror

Segala

2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Schopenhauer is acknowledged as “the philosopher of pessimism” and author of a system that teaches how art and morality can help humans navigate life in “the worst of all possible worlds.” This dominant image has cut off an important branch of Schopenhauer’s tree of philosophy—metaphysics of nature and its constant dialogue with the sciences of the time. Beginning with a reappraisal of Schopenhauer’s system as a whole—which he defined as a “single thought”—this book interprets his metaphysics as a knowledge that brings value and meaning to our lives. More specifically, Schopenhauer’s writings show that he saw science as adding value to metaphysical knowledge. Understanding Schopenhauer’s metaphysics therefore requires both an understanding of the dialogue he maintained with the natural sciences and an appreciation of the role of the natural sciences in his philosophical project. And exploring the relationship between science and metaphysics provides a new perspective on his metaphysics and its development between the first edition of The World as Will and Representation (1819) and 1844, when Schopenhauer added a second volume of Supplements to his work. In 1819, he valued Schelling’s philosophy of nature as a model for establishing a link between metaphysical speculation and science. In the years that followed, he assessed the implications for metaphysics of the transformation of scientific research into a practice increasingly independent of philosophy. Such an assessment also affected his metaphysics, and even the will and Ideas underwent a process of revision.

show abstract

Trieb and Triebe in Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics of Nature

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

The Nature of the Critique of Pure Reason and the Architectonic Unity of Metaphysics: A Response to my Critics

The Nature of the Critique of Pure Reason and the Architectonic Unity of Metaphysics: A Response to my Critics

Evil in Nature

A Convex Mirror

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About