ABSTRACT

Andrew Bowie's book is the first introduction in English to present F W J Schelling as a major European philospher in his own right. Schelling and Modern European Philosophy, surveys the whole of Schelling's philosophical career, lucidly reconstructing his key arguments, particularly those against Hegel, and relating them to contemporary philosophical discussion. Dr Bowie traces how central ideas and conceptual strategies in the work of philosophers as diverse as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida and Davidson relate closely to Schelling's often misunderstood philosophy and focuses on Schelling's work as an alternative to, and critique of aspects of Hegel's thinking.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|15 pages

Absolute Beginnings

chapter 2|15 pages

The Hermeneutics of Nature

chapter 4|36 pages

Identity Philosophy

chapter 5|36 pages

Freedom, Ontology and Language

chapter 6|51 pages

Schelling or Hegel?

chapter |14 pages

Conclusion