Self and World in Schopenhauer's Philosophy [Paperback]

Janaway provides a detailed and critical account of Schopenhauer's central philosophical achievement: his account of the self and its relation to the world of objects. The author's approach to this theme is historical, yet is designed to show the philosophical interest of such an approach. He explores in unusual depth Schopenhauer's often ambivalent relation to Kant, and highlights the influence of Schopenhauer's view of self and world on Wittgenstein and Nietzsche, as well as tracing the many points of contact between Schopenhauer's thought and current philosophical debates about the self.

Introduction
1. The Development of Schopenhauer's Philosophy
2. Kantian Objects
3. Kantian Subjects
4. Subject and Object in Schopenhauer
5. Idealism
6. Materialism
7. Knowing the Thing in Itself
8. Willing and Acting
9. Determinism and Responsibility
10. The Primacy of Will
11. Freedom from Will
12. Self and World
13. Remarks on Wittgenstein and Nietzsche
14. Conclusions
Bibliography; Index

An unusual and superlative work that does more than justice to the epistemic and metaphysical issues that lie at the heart of a philosophical understanding of the self and the world....What is striking about this original study is the detailed and illuminating analysis of the Kantian background of Schopenhauer's thought, the careful examination of Schopenhauer's idealist standpoint, his distinctions between subject and object, and the thoughtful and insightful analyses of 'will' and 'willing.' --Choice