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- Title
The Kantian Inheritance and Schopenhauer's Doctrine of Will.
- Authors
Nicholls, Moira
- Abstract
Schopenhauer asserts numerous times throughout his writings that 'the thing-initself is will', and the traditional interpretation accepts that he intends this assertion to be a straightforward claim of identity. However, this is not the only way of interpreting his fundamental metaphysical claim, and in this paper I hope to show that there are at least six possible interpretations of his claim that 'the thing-initself is will'. Further, I hope to show that the pervasive influence of Kant on Schopenhauer's metaphysics, epistemology, and conceptual doctrines is one of the important factors in explaining how the possibility of multiple interpretations arises. I shall begin by outlining and presenting textual evidence for the six interpretations and shall then look at what conclusions can be drawn from this analysis.
- Publication
Kant-Studien, 1994, Vol 85, Issue 3, p257
- ISSN
0022-8877
- Publication type
Article