Ideas from 'Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature' by Friedrich Schelling [1799], by Theme Structure
[found in 'First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature' by Schelling,F.W.J. (ed/tr Peterson,Keith R.) [SUNY 2004,0-7914-6004-5]].
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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
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For Schelling the Absolute spirit manifests as nature in which self-consciousness evolves
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Full Idea:
(Like Schopenhauer) Schelling understood the Absolute - spirit rather than will - to manifest itself as nature in which man evolves with self-consciousness.
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From:
report of Friedrich Schelling (Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature [1799]) by Peter B. Lewis - Schopenhauer 4
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A reaction:
The influence of Spinoza seems strong here. Is his Absolute just Spinoza's 'God'?
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Metaphysics aims at the Absolute, which goes beyond subjective and objective viewpoints
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Schelling never lost his youthful conviction that any metaphysics had to be an explication of the 'absolute' as something that went beyond both subjective and objective points of view.
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From:
report of Friedrich Schelling (Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature [1799]) by Terry Pinkard - German Philosophy 1760-1860 12
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A reaction:
Even for a scientific and analytic modern philosopher there must be a target of an ideal account that includes human subjectivity within an objective view of the world. Even Mysterians like McGinn would like that.
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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Schelling sought a union between the productivities of nature and of the mind
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Schelling's philosophy of nature aims to connect nature's 'unconscious productivity' with the mind's 'conscious productivity'.
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From:
report of Friedrich Schelling (Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature [1799]) by Andrew Bowie - German Philosophy: a very short introduction 3
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A reaction:
If you have a fairly active view of nature (as Leibniz did), then this is a promising line. I like the unpopular view that the modern idea of spontaneous 'powers' in nature is applicable to explanations of mind.
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Schelling made organisms central to nature, because mere mechanism could never produce them
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Full Idea:
Schelling made the image of the 'organism' central to his conception of nature, arguing that merely mechanical processes could never produce 'life' (as a self-producing, self-sustaining, self-directing process).
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From:
report of Friedrich Schelling (Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature [1799]) by Terry Pinkard - German Philosophy 1760-1860 08
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A reaction:
At that date this seems a reasonable claim, but subsequent biochemistry has undermined it.
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