Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature

Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature

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Schelling F. W. J. von
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This is an English translation of Schelling's Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature (first published in 1797 and revised in 1803), one of the most significant works in the German tradition of philosophy of nature and early nineteenth-century philosophy of science. It stands in opposition to the Newtonian picture of matter as constituted by inert, impenetrable particles, and argues instead for matter as an equilibrium of active forces that engage in dynamic polar opposition to one another. In the revisions of 1803 Schelling incorporated this dialectical view into a neo-Platonic conception of an original unity divided upon itself. The text is of more than simply historical interest: its daring and original vision of nature, philosophy, and empirical science will prove absorbing reading for all philosophers concerned with post-Kantian German idealism, for scholars of German Romanticism, and for historians of science.
EAN 9780521357333
ISBN 0521357330
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date September 30, 1988
Pages 324
Language English
Dimensions 237 x 157 x 28
Country United Kingdom
Authors Schelling F. W. J. von
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises
Translators Harris Errol E.; Heath Peter
Series Texts in German Philosophy