«All the principles of being and becoming»: Schelling’s ontogenetic hypothesis
Schelling’s Naturphilosophie was, from the outset, more concerned with ontogeny than ontology, i.e. not on what nature is but on what it does: ubiquitous creation. Therefore, the processes articulated in the Philosophy of Mythology remain instances of a philosophy driven by what might be called a po...
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| description | Schelling’s Naturphilosophie was, from the outset, more concerned with ontogeny than ontology, i.e. not on what nature is but on what it does: ubiquitous creation. Therefore, the processes articulated in the Philosophy of Mythology remain instances of a philosophy driven by what might be called a post-naturalist naturalism. The two aims of this paper are, firstly, to demonstrate this nature-philosophical continuity throughout Schelling’s so-called Protean philosophical projects in order, secondly, to re-prepare Schellingian themes for current debates concerning ontology. To this end, I draw on the worldmaking and abundance postulates of Goodman and Feyerabend, respectively, to demonstrate the persistence of Schellingian ontogenetic pathways for remodelling process metaphysics for contemporary philosophy. Finally, the paper argues that the logical form of the hypothesis (antecedent and consequent) is itself consequent upon the ontogeny it hypothesises. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65f636d6118c43c48ca52911b5de8ebf2022-12-21T23:20:05ZengRosenberg & SellierRivista di Estetica0035-62122421-58642020-08-0174223810.4000/estetica.7056«All the principles of being and becoming»: Schelling’s ontogenetic hypothesisIain Hamilton GrantSchelling’s Naturphilosophie was, from the outset, more concerned with ontogeny than ontology, i.e. not on what nature is but on what it does: ubiquitous creation. Therefore, the processes articulated in the Philosophy of Mythology remain instances of a philosophy driven by what might be called a post-naturalist naturalism. The two aims of this paper are, firstly, to demonstrate this nature-philosophical continuity throughout Schelling’s so-called Protean philosophical projects in order, secondly, to re-prepare Schellingian themes for current debates concerning ontology. To this end, I draw on the worldmaking and abundance postulates of Goodman and Feyerabend, respectively, to demonstrate the persistence of Schellingian ontogenetic pathways for remodelling process metaphysics for contemporary philosophy. Finally, the paper argues that the logical form of the hypothesis (antecedent and consequent) is itself consequent upon the ontogeny it hypothesises.http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/7056SchellingNaturphilosophieOntogenetic Hypothesis |
| spellingShingle | Iain Hamilton Grant «All the principles of being and becoming»: Schelling’s ontogenetic hypothesis Rivista di Estetica Schelling Naturphilosophie Ontogenetic Hypothesis |
| title | «All the principles of being and becoming»: Schelling’s ontogenetic hypothesis |
| title_full | «All the principles of being and becoming»: Schelling’s ontogenetic hypothesis |
| title_fullStr | «All the principles of being and becoming»: Schelling’s ontogenetic hypothesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | «All the principles of being and becoming»: Schelling’s ontogenetic hypothesis |
| title_short | «All the principles of being and becoming»: Schelling’s ontogenetic hypothesis |
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| topic | Schelling Naturphilosophie Ontogenetic Hypothesis |
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