University of Tabriz Journal of Philosophical Investigations 2251-7960 3 210 2009 08 23 The Epistemological and Idealistic Aspects of Schopenhauer's philosophy The Epistemological and Idealistic Aspects of Schopenhauer's philosophy 75 92 2894 FA Mohammad Javad Safian Abdollah Amini Journal Article 2014 12 17 As far as Schopenhauer’s philosophy sees the world as representation,<br />and deals with the way of knowing and the relation between subject and<br />object, it is consistent with the Kant’s philosophy and epistemology.<br />Both Schopenhauer’s Dissertation and the first part of his famous work<br />The Word as Will and Representation reflect the Kantian epistemology.<br />Schopenhauer himself has admitted that his philosophy is based on the<br />Kant’s philosophy. In epistemology. he accepts the Kant’s Copernician<br />revolution. Even though the epistemology aspect of his philosophy (The<br />world as representation) is based on the Kant’s philosophy, But he<br />never likes thoroughly to follow Kant's philosophy. Uniting the<br />causality with the matter, reducing the twelve categories of<br />understanding to one category, considering time, space and causality as<br />the forms of the principle of sufficient reason, etc. are his innovative<br />cases versus Kantian view. Then it can be said that, he intended to go<br />beyond the Kant’s philosophy. On the other hand, Schopenhauer’s<br />philosophy is idealistic. He considers the object as the representation of<br />the subject. But the idealistic aspect of his philosophy is considered only<br />in the structure of the world as representation rather as will. In other<br />words, idealism contains only the phenomenal aspect of the world.<br />This paper tries to illustrate the epistemological and idealistic status<br />of Schopenhauer’s philosophy from the perspective of Kant’s<br />theoretical philosophy. As far as Schopenhauer’s philosophy sees the world as representation,<br />and deals with the way of knowing and the relation between subject and<br />object, it is consistent with the Kant’s philosophy and epistemology.<br />Both Schopenhauer’s Dissertation and the first part of his famous work<br />The Word as Will and Representation reflect the Kantian epistemology.<br />Schopenhauer himself has admitted that his philosophy is based on the<br />Kant’s philosophy. In epistemology. he accepts the Kant’s Copernician<br />revolution. Even though the epistemology aspect of his philosophy (The<br />world as representation) is based on the Kant’s philosophy, But he<br />never likes thoroughly to follow Kant's philosophy. Uniting the<br />causality with the matter, reducing the twelve categories of<br />understanding to one category, considering time, space and causality as<br />the forms of the principle of sufficient reason, etc. are his innovative<br />cases versus Kantian view. Then it can be said that, he intended to go<br />beyond the Kant’s philosophy. On the other hand, Schopenhauer’s<br />philosophy is idealistic. He considers the object as the representation of<br />the subject. But the idealistic aspect of his philosophy is considered only<br />in the structure of the world as representation rather as will. In other<br />words, idealism contains only the phenomenal aspect of the world.<br />This paper tries to illustrate the epistemological and idealistic status<br />of Schopenhauer’s philosophy from the perspective of Kant’s<br />theoretical philosophy. https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_2894_a947acbf5db5c12f6fa9a0b739a73f3f.pdf