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The Schelling-Eschenmayer Controversy, 1801 - Nature and Identity (Paperback)
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The Schelling-Eschenmayer Controversy, 1801 - Nature and Identity (Paperback)
Series: New Perspectives in Ontology
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During the first decade of the nineteenth century, F. W. J.
Schelling was involved in three distinct controversies with one of
his most perceptive and provocative critics, A. C. A. Eschenmayer.
The first of these controversies took place in 1801 and focused on
the philosophy of nature.Berger and Whistler provide a
ground-breaking account of this moment in the history of
philosophy. They argue that key Schellingian concepts, such as
identity, potency and abstraction, were first forged in his early
debate with Eschenmayer. Through a series of translations and
commentaries, they show that the 1801 controversy is an essential
resource for understanding Schelling's thought, the philosophy of
nature and the origins of absolute idealism.Additionally, Berger
and Whistler demonstrate how the Schelling-Eschenmayer controversy
raises important issues for the philosophy of nature today,
including questions about the relation between identity and
difference and the possibility of explaining sensible qualities in
terms of quantity. This ultimately leads to the formulation of the
most basic methodological question for the philosophy of nature:
must this philosophy be based upon a prior consideration of
consciousness as Eschenmayer insists or might it simply begin with
nature itself? By arguing for the latter position, Schelling
challenges us to entertain the possibility that the philosophy of
nature is first philosophy.
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