Cover -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Notes on Referencing -- Introduction -- 1. Powers: Contemporary Accounts -- 2. Freedom: The Post-Kantian Perspective -- 3. Powers: Schelling's Naturphilosophie -- 4. Absolute Identity: Between the Naturphilosophie and the Freedom Essay -- 5. Freedom and Powers: Schelling's Freedom Essay -- 6. Freedom and Powers: The Trouble with Powers -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Charlotte Alderwick presents Schelling's ontology as fundamentally power-based. She demonstrates that this ontology enables his unique conception of human freedom outlined in the 'Freedom' essay and can usefully problematise and supplement contemporary work on power-based ontologies