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Thought's Indebtedness to Being: From Kant's Beweisgrund to Schelling's Quelle

Gardner, S; (2020) Thought's Indebtedness to Being: From Kant's Beweisgrund to Schelling's Quelle. In: Anthony Bruno, G, (ed.) Schelling's Philosophy: Freedom, Nature, and Systematicity. (pp. 209-230). Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

I identify in Kant’s 1763 Beweisgrund an original insight that is both relevant to late Schelling and a dim anticipation of Kant’s conception of transcendental proof. The insight is best revealed by contrast with an alternative reading of the text that situates Kant at this period firmly within early modern rationalism. While the insight that I locate is proto-Schellingian, the alternative reading is proto-Hegelian. Deciding how to read the Beweisgrund is consequently a kind of rehearsal of Schelling’s argument with Hegel. My reading makes two gains vis-à-vis Schelling: an entry point into his late thought that is independent of the constantly shifting terms that he himself employs; and a reason to think that his late thought has a deep Kantian root and is not merely an abreaction to Hegel or to his own earlier Identity Philosophy.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Thought's Indebtedness to Being: From Kant's Beweisgrund to Schelling's Quelle
ISBN-13: 9780198812814
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198812814.003.0012
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198812814.003.0012
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Kant, Schelling, Hegel, Beweisgrund, transcendental proofs
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057047
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