Description
Book SynopsisMarkus Gabriel is Chair in Epistemology and Modern and Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Bonn, Germany. He has published a number of books and journal articles in German, including
Der Mensch im Mythos (De Gruyter, 2006),
Das Absolute und die Welt in Schellings Freiheitsschrift (Bonn University Press, 2006) and
Skeptizismus und Idealismus in der Antike (Suhrkamp, 2009) and is also co-author, with Slavoj Zizek, of
Mythology, Madness and Laughter (Continuum, 2009)
Table of ContentsIntroduction \
Chapter 1: The Ontology of Knowledge \ i. Schelling, Hegel, and the Metaphysical Truth of Skepticism \ ii. Absolute Identity and Reflection: Kant, Hegel, McDowell \ iii. The Pathological Structure of Representation As Such: Hegel's
Anthropology \
Chapter 2: Schelling's Ontology of Freedom \ i. Unprethinkable Being and the Event: The Concept of Being in late Schelling and late Heidegger \ ii. Belated Necessity: God, Man and Judgment in Schelling's Late Philosophy \
Chapter 3: Contingency or Necessity? Schelling vs. Hegel \ i. The Dialectic of the Absolute: Hegel's Critique of Transcendent Metaphysics \ ii. The
Spielraum of Contingency: Schelling and Hegel on the Modal Status of Logical Space \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index.
