The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer's Pessimism

Dennis Vanden Auweele

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Routledge
10 December 2019

Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Philosophy: aesthetics

Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy

This book connects Schopenhauer’s philosophy with transcendental idealism by exploring the distinctly Kantian roots of his pessimism. By clearly discerning four types of coming to knowledge, it demonstrates how Schopenhauer’s epistemology can enlighten this connection with other areas of his philosophy. The individual chapters in this book discuss how these knowledge types—immediate or mediate, representational or non-representational—relate to Schopenhauer’s metaphysics, ethics and action, philosophy of religion, aesthetics, and asceticism. In each of these areas, a specific sense of pessimism serves to disarm a number of paradoxes and inconsistencies typically associated with Schopenhauer’s philosophy. The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer's Pessismism shows how Schopenhauer’s claim that he is a true successor to Kant can be justified.

By: Dennis Vanden Auweele
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367888794
ISBN 10: 0367888793
Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 10 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Schopenhauer’s Philosophical Pedigree 2. Schopenhauer on Knowledge 3. Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics 4. Schopenhauer on Ethics and Action 5. Schopenhauer’s Philosophy of Religion 6. Schopenhauer’s Aesthetics 7. Schopenhauer’s Ascetics Conclusion

Dennis Vanden Auweele is assistant professor of philosophy of religion at the RU Groningen (University of Groningen) and postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven (University of Leuven). He is the editor (with Jonathan Head) of Schopenhauer’s Fourfold Root (Routledge, 2017) and, in Dutch, ‘Philosophy at Twilight: On Power and Hope, Impotence and Despair (2016).

Reviews for The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer's Pessimism

Vanden Auweele's exposition is knowledgeable and displays a solid comprehension of Schopenhauer's philosophy ... This book is valuable in helping us appreciate that there is a strong Christian dimension to Schopenhauer's philosophy ... Unlike other presentations of Schopenhauer's philosophy that identify aesthetic, moral, and ascetic awareness as the ascending road to enlightenment, it importantly adds religious awareness into the sequence. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Vanden Auweele's study is a clear, original, and well-argued reconstruction of the philosophical underpinnings, and somewhat surprisingly, Kantian roots of Schopenhauer's pessimistic world view. - Sandra Shapshay, Indiana University-Bloomington, USA