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Idealism: The history of a philosophy (2011)
Book
Dunham, J., Grant, I. H., & Watson, S. (2011). Idealism: The history of a philosophy. Stocksfield: Acumen

The first analysis of philosophical idealism since the 1940s to be written in English, this book covers the development of idealism from its ancient sources to its reappearance in contemporary Anglo-American philosophy. Against the widespread convict... Read More about Idealism: The history of a philosophy.

Idealism: the history of a philosophy (2011)
Book
Dunham, J., Grant, I. H., & Watson, S. (2011). Idealism: the history of a philosophy. London: Acumen

There has been no comparable attempt at a comprehensive history of metaphysical idealism for over 70 years, and this book, ranging from Parmenides to Deleuze, exceeds all previous work in size and scope. It also puts forward arguments that are import... Read More about Idealism: the history of a philosophy.

Does Nature stay what it is? (2010)
Book Chapter
Grant, I. H. (2010). Does Nature stay what it is?. In L. Bryant, G. Harman, & N. Srnicek (Eds.), The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism. Melbourne: Re:Press

The problem addressed in this paper is twofold. Firstly, what are the implications of a powers metaphysics for materialism? Secondly, assuming power to be an antithetical concept to substance, what becomes of the idea of nature under such a metaphysi... Read More about Does Nature stay what it is?.

F.W.J. Schelling, 'On the World Soul', Translation and Introduction (2010)
Book Chapter
Grant, I. H. (2010). F.W.J. Schelling, 'On the World Soul', Translation and Introduction. In R. Mackay (Ed.), Collapse Vol. VI: Geo/Philosophy (58-95). Urbanomic

This is the first partial translation of F.W.J. Schelling’s On the World Soul (1798) into English, and is accompanied by my Introduction to that work. The translation draws on the recent edition of the work produced in the Historisch-kritische Ausgab... Read More about F.W.J. Schelling, 'On the World Soul', Translation and Introduction.

Mining Conditions: A response to Harman (2010)
Book Chapter
Grant, I. H. (2010). Mining Conditions: A response to Harman. In L. Bryant, G. Harman, & N. Srnicek (Eds.), The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism. Melbourne: Re:Press

The essay is an invited response to the extended critical consideration afforded my work in Harman’s ‘On the Undermining of Objects: Grant, Bruno, and Radical Philosophy’, included in the same collection. It’s significance concerns the growing intern... Read More about Mining Conditions: A response to Harman.

"All Things Think". Panpsychism and the Metaphysics of Nature (2009)
Book Chapter
Grant, I. H. (2009). "All Things Think". Panpsychism and the Metaphysics of Nature. In D. Skrbina (Ed.), Mind That Abides. Panpsychism in the New Millenium (283-299). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company

This essay explores the problem od the implausibility of the emergence of consciousness from a non-conscious nature from the perspective of a powers ontology, arguing that since the matter constituting all the elements of the universe is homogeneous,... Read More about "All Things Think". Panpsychism and the Metaphysics of Nature.

Prospects for a post-Copernican dogmatism: On the antinomies of transcendental naturalism (2009)
Journal Article
Grant, I. H. (2009). Prospects for a post-Copernican dogmatism: On the antinomies of transcendental naturalism

The essay argues that the transcendental objection to dogmatism is the latter's prioritisation of being over acting. The transcendental alternative is, as in Kant and Fichte, to prioritise acting over being. Yet the naturalistic alternative to this,... Read More about Prospects for a post-Copernican dogmatism: On the antinomies of transcendental naturalism.

Philosophies of Nature After Schelling (2008)
Book
Grant, I. H. (2008). Philosophies of Nature After Schelling. London and New York: Continuum

“The whole of modern European philosophy”, wrote F.W.J. Schelling in 1809, “has this common deficiency – that nature does not exist for it.” Despite repeated echoes of Schelling’s assessment throughout the natural sciences, and despite the philosophy... Read More about Philosophies of Nature After Schelling.