TY  - JOUR
KW  - freedom
KW  -  Kant
KW  -  German idealism
KW  -  Schelling
KW  -  Spinozism
A1  - Gardner, S
JF  - Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1515/dzph-2017-0015
ID  - discovery1560553
N2  - Schelling?s 1809 Freiheitsschrift (Philosophical Investigations into the
Essence of Human Freedom), perhaps his most widely read work, presents considerable
difficulties of understanding. In this paper, I offer an interpretation of the
work in relation to Kant. My focus is on the relation in each case of their theory
of human freedom to their general metaphysics, a relation which both regard as
essential. The argument of the paper is in sum that Schelling may be viewed as
addressing and resolving a problem which faces Kant?s theory of freedom and
transcendental idealism, deriving from the challenge posed by Spinozism. One
major innovation in Schelling?s theory of human freedom is his claim that it presupposes
the reality of evil. I argue that Schelling?s thesis concerning evil also
provides a key to the new and highly original metaphysics of the Freiheitsschrift.
The relation of Schelling?s theory of freedom to his general metaphysics is therefore
complex, for it goes in two directions: the metaphysics are not simply presupposed
by the theory of freedom but are also in part derived from it. These new
metaphysics also, I argue, allow Schelling to resolve a problem which his own
earlier Spinozistic system had left unresolved.
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
IS  - 2
EP  - 238
AV  - public
Y1  - 2017///
VL  - 65
SP  - 211
TI  - Die Metaphysik der menschlichen Freiheit. Von Kants transzendentalem Idealismus zu Schellings Freiheitsschrift
ER  -