Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature

As Introduction to the Study of This Science 1797

By: F. W. J. von Schelling, Peter Heath (Translator), Errol E. Harris (Translator)

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This is the first English translation of Schelling's Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature (first published in 1797 and revised in 1803), one of the most significant works in the German tradition of philosophy of nature and early nineteenth-century philosophy of science. It stands in opposition to the Newtonian picture of matter as constituted by inert, impenetrable particles, and argues instead for matter as an equilibrium of active forces that engage in dynamic polar opposition to one another. In the revisions of 1803 Schelling incorporated this dialectical view into a neo-Platonic conception of an original unity divided upon itself. The text is of more than simply historical interest: its daring and original vision of nature, philosophy, and empirical science will prove absorbing reading for all philosophers concerned with post-Kantian German idealism, for scholars of German Romanticism, and for historians of science.

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Introduction	p. ix
Translators' Note	p. xxiv
Glossary	p. xxvi
Preface to the First Edition	p. 3
Preface to the Second Edition	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Supplement: Exposition of the General Idea of Philosophy as Such, and of the Philosophy of Nature in Particular, as a Necessary and Integral Part of It	p. 43

Of the Combustion of Bodies	p. 59
Supplement: A New View of the Combustion Process	p. 65
Of Light	p. 68
Supplement: Concerning the Theory of Light in the Philosophy of Nature	p. 83
Of the Air and the Kinds of Air	p. 87
Supplement: Some Remarks on the History of the Decomposition of Water	p. 93
Of Electricity	p. 96
Supplement: On the Construction of Electricity in the Philosophy of Nature	p. 114
Of the Magnet	p. 122
Supplement: The Doctrine of the Philosophy of Nature on Magnetism	p. 128
General Considerations, as Results of the Foregoing	p. 130
Supplement: Universal Features of the Dynamic Process	p. 136

On Attraction and Repulsion in General, as Principles of a System of Nature	p. 143
Supplement: General View of the System of the World	p. 150
On the Fictitious Use of These Two Principles	p. 153
Supplement: On the Concept of Forces in General and More Especially in Newtonianism	p. 158
Some Remarks on the Mechanical Physics of M. le Sage	p. 161
Supplement: General Remark on Atomism	p. 170
First Origin of the Concept of Matter, from the Nature of Perception and the Human Mind	p. 171
Supplement: The Construction of Matter	p. 179
Basic Principles of Dynamics	p. 182
Supplement: Notes on the Foregoing Idealist Construction of Matter	p. 191
Of Contingent Determinations of Matter--Gradual Transition into the Domain of Mere Experience	p. 193
Supplement: Of the Form-Determinations and Specific Difference of Matter	p. 202
Philosophy of Chemistry in General	p. 206
Supplement: Is Chemistry as a Science Possible?	p. 218
Application of These Principles to Particular Topics of Chemistry	p. 221
Appendix to the Previous Section [Literary Notices]	p. 239
Supplement: On the Substances in Chemistry	p. 250
Projected Outline of the First Principles of Chemistry	p. 252
Supplement: Construction of the Chemical Process	p. 268
Concluding Note and Transition to the Following Part	p. 272
Checklist of Scientific Authors	p. 275
Index of Names	p. 285
Index of Subjects	p. 287
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