This book provides a detailed and critical account of Schopenhauer's central philosophical achievement; his account of the self and its relation to the world of objects. The author's historical approach is designed to show the philosophical interest of the theme, and explores in unusual depth Schopenhauer's often ambivalent relation to Kant. It also highlights his view of self and world in Wittgenstein and Nietzsche, and traces the many points of contact between Schopenhauer's thought and current philosophical debates about the self.
Introduction ; 1. The Development of Schopenhauer's Philosophy ; 2. Kantian Objects ; 3. Kantian Subjects ; 4. Subject and Object in Schopenhauer ; 5. Idealism ; 6. Materialism ; 7. Knowing the Thing in Itself ; 8. Willing and Acting ; 9. Determinism and Responsibility ; 10. The Primacy of Will ; 11. Freedom from Will ; 12. Self and World ; 13. Remarks on Wittgenstein and Nietzsche ; 14. Conclusions ; Bibliography; Index
indispensable to any philosopher concerned with this difficult topic
Roger Scruton, Peter Singer, Christopher Janaway, Michael Tanner, University of London) Scruton, Roger (Visiting Professor, Visiting Professor, Birkbeck College, Princeton University) Singer, Peter (DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University of London) Janaway, Christopher (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, Cambridge) Tanner, Michael (Fellow, Fellow, Corpus Christi College
ROBERTSON JANAWAY, Robertson Janaway, Christopher Janaway, Simon Robertson, Christopher (University of Southampton) Janaway, Simon (Cardiff University) Robertson