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Chapter 11 - The Sciences in The World as Will and Representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2022

By
Marco Segala
Edited by
Judith Norman  and
Alistair Welchman
Judith Norman
Affiliation:
Trinity University, Texas
Alistair Welchman
Affiliation:
University of Texas, San Antonio
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Marco Segala argues that the tight seal Schopenhauer wanted to maintain between ordinary experience along with its investigation in the natural sciences on the one hand, and metaphysics on the other, is more porous than Schopenhauer can acknowledge in WWR 1. Segala proposes a rethinking of Schopenhauer’s philosophy of nature, conceiving it less as an “explanation” of science and more as a conceptual space in which metaphysics (Ideas) and science (natural forces) can interact. But ultimately, he argues, Schopenhauer abandoned the Ideas completely as having any role in scientific explanation, supplementing his philosophy of nature with a philosophy of natural science that anticipates modern approaches.

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Schopenhauersciencemetaphysicsphilosophy of natureIdeasNaturphilosophie
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Schopenhauer's 'The World as Will and Representation'
A Critical Guide
 , pp. 224 - 244
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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