A Companion to Schopenhauer provides a comprehensive guide to all the important facets of Schopenhauer s philosophy. The volume contains 26 newly commissioned essays by prominent Schopenhauer scholars working in the field today. A thoroughly comprehensive guide to the life, work, and thought of Arthur Schopenhauer Demonstrates the range of Schopenhauer s work and illuminates the debates it has generated 26 newly commissioned essays by some of the most prominent Schopenhauer scholars working today reflect the very latest trends in Schopenhauer scholarship Covers the full range of historical and philosophical perspectives on Schopenhauer s work Discusses his seminal contributions to our understanding of knowledge, perception, morality, science, logic and mathematics, Platonic Ideas, the unconscious, aesthetic experience, art, colours, sexuality, will, compassion, pessimism, tragedy, pleasure, and happiness INDICE: Notes on Contributors x .Acknowledgments xiv .A Note on Cross–References xv .List of Abbreviations xvi .Introduction: Arthur Schopenhauer: The Man and His Work 1Bart Vandenabeele .Part I Nature, Knowledge and Perception 9 .1 Schopenhauer on Scientific Knowledge 11Vojislav Bozickovic .2 Perception and Understanding: Schopenhauer, Reid and Kant 25Paul Guyer .3 Schopenhauer s Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics 43Dale Jacquette .4 Schopenhauer s Color Theory 60Paul F.H. Lauxtermann .5 Schopenhauer and Transcendental Idealism 70Douglas McDermid .Part II World, Will and Life 87 .6 Schopenhauer s Philosophy of the Dark Origin 89William Desmond .7 The Consistency of Schopenhauer s Metaphysics 105G. Steven Neeley .8 Schopenhauer on Sex, Love and Emotions 120Gudrun von Tevenar .9 Schopenhauer and Platonic Ideas 133Frank C. White .10 Schopenhauer s On the Will in Nature: The Reciprocal Containment of Idealism and Realism 147Robert Wicks .Part III Art, Beauty and the Sublime 163 .11 Schopenhauer s Philosophy of Music 165Robert W. Hall .12 Schopenhauer s Theory of Architecture 178W. Julian Korab–Karpowicz .13 The Artist as Subject of Pure Cognition 193Matthias Kossler .14 Schopenhauer on Tragedy and the Sublime 206Alex Neill .15 Schopenhauer and the Objectivity of Art 219Bart Vandenabeele .Part IV Compassion, Resignation and Sainthood 235 .16 Schopenhauer on the Metaphysics of Art and Morality 237Daniel Came .17 Schopenhauer on the Value of Compassion 249David E. Cartwright .18 Schopenhauer and Indian Philosophy 266David E. Cooper .19 Life–Denial versus Life–Affi rmation: Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on Pessimism and Asceticism 280Ken Gemes and Christopher Janaway .20 Schopenhauer on the Inevitability of Unhappiness 300Ivan Soll .Part V Schopenhauer s Context and Legacy 315 .21 Schopenhauer and Freud 317Stephan Atzert .22 Schopenhauer s Impact on European Literature 333Paul Bishop .23 Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Wagner 349Bernard Reginster .24 Schopenhauer s Infl uence on Wittgenstein 367Severin Schroeder .25 Schopenhauer s Fairy Tale about Fichte: The Origin of The World as Will and Representation in German Idealism 385Günter Zöller .Index 403
- ISBN: 978-1-119-14480-9
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 30/10/2015
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