The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer's Pessimism [Hardcover]

This book connects Schopenhauers philosophy with transcendental idealism by exploring the distinctly Kantian roots of his pessimism. By clearly discerning four types of coming to knowledge, it demonstrates how Schopenhauers epistemology can enlighten this connection with other areas of his philosophy. The individual chapters in this book discuss how these knowledge typesimmediate or mediate, representational or non-representationalrelate to Schopenhauers metaphysics, ethics and action, philosophy of religion, aesthetics, and asceticism. In each of these areas, a specific sense of pessimism serves to disarm a number of paradoxes and inconsistencies typically associated with Schopenhauers philosophy. The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer's Pessismism shows how Schopenhauers claim that he is a true successor to Kant can be justified.

Introduction

1. Schopenhauers Philosophical Pedigree

2. Schopenhauer on Knowledge

3. Schopenhauers Metaphysics

4. Schopenhauer on Ethics and Action

5. Schopenhauers Philosophy of Religion

6. Schopenhauers Aesthetics

7. Schopenhauers Ascetics

Conclusion

Vanden Auweele's exposition is knowledgeable and displays a solid comprehension of Schopenhauer's philosophy & This book is valuable in helping us appreciate that there is a strong Christian dimension to Schopenhauer's philosophy & Unlike other presentations of Schopenhauer's philosophy that identify aesthetic, moral, and ascetic awareness as the ascending road to enlightenment, it importantly adds religious awareness into the sequence.  Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Vanden Auweeles study is a clear, original, and well-argued reconstruction of the philosophical underpinnings, and somewhat surprisingly, Kantian roots of Schopenhauers pessimistic world view. <lóD