Schopenhauer and the Nature of Philosophy

This book examines the metaphilosophy that underlies the work of Arthur Schopenhauer and discusses important questions concerning the proper nature and aims of philosophy. It sheds vital new light on a thinker whose ideas continue to both provoke and inspire.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Note on Abbreviations and Referencing
Introduction
1. The Need for Metaphysics
2. Nature and Subjectivity
3. Communicating Philosophy
4. Seeking Better Consciousness
5. Philosophy, Metaphor, and Speculation
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

Jonathan Head is lecturer in philosophy at Keele University.

Summary

This book examines the metaphilosophy that underlies the work of Arthur Schopenhauer and discusses important questions concerning the proper nature and aims of philosophy. It sheds vital new light on a thinker whose ideas continue to both provoke and inspire.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Head, Head Jonathan
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781793640062
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-006-2
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Contemporary Studies in Idealism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism, Idealism, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900