Unconscious, intentionality and nature: the morganatic dialectic between naturalism and transcendentalism in Schopenhauer's metaphysics of will

Authors

  • William Mattioli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378633989

Keywords:

Naturalismo, Transcendentalismo, Inconsciente

Abstract

Taking as inspiration the young Nietzsche's reception of the metaphysics of the will, the reflections presented in this work follow, from a systematic perspective, the diverse difficulties that Schopenhauer faces in an attempt to make the metaphysical assumptions of his philosophy of nature compatible with subjective idealism of Kantian character professed by him. The guiding thread of our investigation is the relationship between the notions of the unconscious, will, representation and nature. We intend to show that a consequent formulation of the naturalism involved in his theory of the degrees of objectification of the will requires an overcoming of the framework of Kantian subjective idealism towards an objective idealism. At the end of the work, we discuss some of Rudolf Malter's central theses about the place of transcendentalism in the Schopenhaurian system.

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Author Biography

William Mattioli, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG

Doutorando em Filosofia pela UFMG e membro do GruNie (Grupo Nietzsche UFMG).

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Published

2013-07-01

How to Cite

Mattioli, W. (2013). Unconscious, intentionality and nature: the morganatic dialectic between naturalism and transcendentalism in Schopenhauer’s metaphysics of will. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 4(1), 66–97. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378633989

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Three lectures on metaphysics of will