Article ID: CBB001201300

Pure versus Empirical Forms of Thought: Schelling's Critique of Kant's Categories and the Beginnings of Naturphilosophie (2014)

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he origins of Schelling's Naturphilosophie and its relation to his transcendental philosophy have for a long time intrigued historians of philosophy. For one, Schelling's philosophy of nature seems wholly at odds with his earlier transcendental philosophy. Furthermore, the claims that Schelling makes in the Naturphilosophie are not only complex but also, from the perspective of transcendental philosophy, appear to be highly problematic. In attempting to understand the relation between Schelling's philosophy of nature and his earlier writings, historians of philosophy have thus emphasized a break in his development. For this reason, Schelling's writings before 1797 are considered to bear little or no relation to his writings on Naturphilosophie. The goal of this paper is to revise the common view of Schelling's development, by showing that his first systematic works offer significant insights into the way in which he comes to understand the meaning and goal of his philosophy of nature. In particular, I show that Schelling's appropriation and critique of Kant's table of categories provides an essential step toward the development of his Naturphilosophie.

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Authors & Contributors
Steigerwald, Joan
Bianchi, Silvia De
DiSalle, Robert
Franzel, Sean
Friedman, Michael L.
Guyer, Paul
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Eighteenth-Century Studies
European Romantic Review
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Journal of the History of Philosophy
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University
Lexington Books
University of California, Irvine
Villanova University
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Natural philosophy
Philosophy
Categories (philosophy)
Natural laws
Science and religion
People
Kant, Immanuel
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
Newton, Isaac
Bentley, Richard
Clarke, Samuel
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Ancient
Enlightenment
Places
Germany
France
Great Britain
Rome (Italy)
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