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Nature's capacities: Schelling and contemporary power-based ontologies

Alderwick, Charlotte

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This paper draws a number of parallels between Schelling’s Naturphilosophie and contemporary work in the metaphysics of powers. This concept is being applied to a range of debates, however a distinct lack of work exists focusing on extending this concept to ontology as a whole. I argue that Schelling’s Naturphilosophie provides insight into what this kind of system would look like. I begin with a brief outline of the characterisation and use of powers in the contemporary literature to show the marked similarities between these accounts and Schelling’s. I then present my reading of the Naturphilosophie as a power-based ontology, and gesture towards some ways in which this account could help to fill some of the gaps in the current literature. Because of the centrality of powers to the Naturphilosophie, and because of the holistic nature of Schelling’s work, the role of powers and relationship of powers to a range of other concepts is carefully specified here. Thus a number of the implications and advantages of this kind of view are already worked out and presented in the texts on Naturphilosophie. Finally, I argue that Schelling’s Naturphilosophie also demonstrates some possible problems that will arise for any ontology of this kind.

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Alderwick, C. (2016). Nature's capacities: Schelling and contemporary power-based ontologies. Angelaki, 21(4), 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2016.1229424

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 7, 2016
Online Publication Date Sep 27, 2016
Publication Date Oct 1, 2016
Deposit Date Jun 21, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
Print ISSN 0969-725X
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 21
Issue 4
Pages 59-76
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2016.1229424
Keywords Naturphilosophie, powers, metaphysics, Schelling, philosophy of nature
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/907482
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2016.1229424
Additional Information Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Angelaki on 27 September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0969725X.2016.1229424

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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Angelaki. [Alderwick, C. (2016). NATURE'S CAPACITIES: schelling and contemporary power-based ontologies. Angelaki, 21(4), 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2016.1229424]. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Angelaki. [Alderwick, C. (2016). NATURE'S CAPACITIES: schelling and contemporary power-based ontologies. Angelaki, 21(4), 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2016.1229424]. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.





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