Schelling’’s Philosophy: Freedom, Nature, and Systematicity

The current wave of critical and historical engagement with idealist texts affords an unprecedented opportunity to discover the richness and value of the thought of F. W. J. Schelling. In this volume leading scholars offer compelling reasons to regard Schelling as one of Kant’s most incisive interpreters, a pioneering philosopher of nature, a resolute philosopher of human finitude and freedom, a nuanced thinker of the bounds of logic and self-consciousness, and perhaps Hegel’s most effective critic. The volume provides a wide-ranging presentation of Schelling’s original contribution to, and internal critique of, the basic insights of German idealism, his role in shaping the course of post-Kantian thought, and his sensitivity and innovative responses to questions of lasting metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, aesthetic, and theological importance.

G. Anthony Bruno, Royal Holloway, University of London

G. Anthony Bruno is assistant professor in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests include Kant, German idealism, and phenomenology. He is author of numerous articles and chapters on Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy and is co-editor (with A.C. Rutherford) of Skepticism: Historical and Contemporary Inquiries (Routledge 2018).