Schelling's Ontology of Powers

By Charlotte Alderwick

Book Overview

Charlotte Alderwick presents Schelling's ontology as fundamentally power-based. She demonstrates that this ontology enables his unique conception of human freedom outlined in the 'Freedom' essay. This distinctive reading demonstrates that Schelling's power-based ontology can usefully problematise and supplement contemporary work on power-based ontologies. First, where current work focuses on powers in relation to specific areas of metaphysics, Schelling provides a holistic picture, encompassing these areas into a single ontological story. Secondly, engagement with Schelling's work points to problems (and to possible solutions) that will arise for any power-based metaphysics, but have not been examined in the literature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474451292
• ISBN13: 9781474451291
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"