The Theory of Matter of Naturphilosophie
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18532330me5.129Keywords:
theory of matter, Naturphilosophie, organism, epigenesis, teleologyAbstract
The aim of this text is to underline that Schelling’s Naturphilosophie has among its motivations to respond to the challenge posed by the Kantian philosophy: the problem of the limits of our knowledge, exemplified by biology and the question of epigenesis. This theory of matter is part of a broader discussion in which Schelling ambitiously tries to show the identity between our spirit and nature. As a consequence, Schelling develops a vision of nature that we may call organicist, to the extent that, firstly, the body provides the model to think it and, secondly, the activity of nature is understood largely in terms of epigenesis.
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