Schopenhauer's 'The World as Will and Representation'
A Critical Guide
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- Judith Norman, Trinity University, Texas
- Alistair Welchman, University of Texas, San Antonio
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- isbn: 9781108804363
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Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation is one of the central texts in the history of Western philosophy. It is one of the last monuments to the project of grand synthetic philosophical system-building, where a single, unified work could aim to clarify, resolve, and ground all the central questions of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, religion, aesthetics and science. Poorly received at its initial publication, it soon became a powerful cultural force, inspiring not only philosophers but also artists, writers and musicians, and attracting a large popular audience of non-scholars. Perhaps equally importantly, Schopenhauer was one of the first European philosophers to take non-Western thought seriously and to treat it as a living tradition rather than as a mere object of study. This volume of new essays showcases the enormous variety of contemporary scholarship on this monumental text, as well as its enduring relevance.
Read more- Provides a wide range of perspectives on Schopenhauer's text
- Makes an argument for the relevance and enduring importance of the text for contemporary philosophical debates
- Introduces topics rarely investigated in Schopenhauer scholarship such as feminism and philosophy of science
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Table of Contents
Introduction Judith Norman and Alistair Welchman
1. Different Kinds of willing in Schopenhauer Christopher Janaway
2. Resignation Bernard Reginster
3. Appreciating nature aesthetically in the world as will and representation: Between Kant and Hegel Sandra Shapshay
4. The hour of consecration: Inspiration and cognition in Schopenhauer's genius Cheryl Foster
5. Experiencing character as a key for a present-day interpretation of Schopenhauer Matthias Koßler
6. Schopenhauer in dialogue with Fichte and Schelling: Schopenhauer's critique of moral fatalism and his turn to freedom from willing Manja Kisner
7. Schopenhauer's philosophy of religion – (Hopeless) romanticism? Dennis Vanden Auweele
8. Maja and Nieban in the world as will and representation Stephan Atzert
9. Schopenhauer, universal guilt, and asceticism as the expression of universal compassion Robert Wicks
10. Seeing things: Schopenhauer's Kant critique and direct realism Alistair Welchman
11. The sciences in the world as will and representation Marco Segala
12. Pushing back: Reading the world as will and representation as a woman Judith Norman.
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