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EN dA i teT dU bR y LuE A caN CD o rtN i aA nT dU JR o hA anL nI eS s-M G eI oN r g SC cL hA ü lS Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy eiS n I C A L G NATURE AND NATURALISM E R M A IN CLASSICAL GERMAN N P H I L PHILOSOPHY O S O P H Y Edited by Luca Corti and Johannes-Georg Schülein ‘This collection of essays, written by renowned experts, is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the role that nature (and naturalism) played in Classical German Philosophy. Its greatest achievement, however, is that along the way it completely explodes the antiquated, and ultimately incorrect, notion that the classical German tradition of philosophy, before all else, is an obsession with idealism.’ –Tyler Tritten, Gonzaga University, USA Nature and Naturalism in Classical German Philosophy This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of the relevance of naturalism and theories of nature in Classical German Philosophy. It presents new readings from internationally renowned scholars on Kant, Jacobi, Goethe, the Romantic tradition, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, and Marx that highlight the significance of conceptions of nature and naturalism in Classical German Philosophy for contemporary concerns. The collection presents an inclusive view: it goes beyond the usual restricted focus on single thinkers to encompass the tradition as a whole, prompting dialogue among scholars interested in different authors and areas. It thus illuminates the post-Kantian tradition in a new, wider sense. The chapters also mobilize a productive perspective at the inter- section of philosophy and history by combining careful textual and his- torical analysis with argument-based philosophizing. Overall, the book challenges the stereotypical view that Classical German Philosophy offers at best only an idealistic, one-sided, anachronistic, and theologi- cal view of nature. It invites readers to put traditional views in dialogue with current discussions of nature and naturalism. Nature and Naturalism in Classical German Philosophy will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on Classical German Philosophy, 19th-Century Philosophy, and contemporary perspectives on naturalism. Luca Corti is Assistant Professor at the University of Padua as well as Marie-Curie Fellow at the University of Padua, the University of Chi- cago, and the University Paris I Sorbonne. He has published two books and several articles on Kant, Hegel, and contemporary Hegelisms, as well as Sellars and Sellarsian themes, including Senses and Sensations: on Hegel’s Later Picture of Perceptual Experience (2018), Conceptualism, Non-Conceptualism, and the Method of Hegel’s Psychology (Routledge, 2016), Between Causes and Reasons: Hegel, Sellars and Lewis on Sen- sation (2019), and Crossing the Line: Sellars on Kant on Imagination (2012). He is co-editor of Sellars and the History of Modern Philosophy (Routledge, 2018). Johannes-Georg Schülein is ‘Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter’ at the Depart- ment for Philosophy and the Research Center for Classical German Philosophy/Hegel Archive at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. He is the managing editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Hegel-Studien. Currently, he is working on his second book, which deals with Schelling’s theory of freedom between Kant and Hegel. Previously, he has published a monograph on the critique of metaphysics in Hegel and Derrida (2016) and several articles on Classical German Philosophy. Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy For a full list of titles in this series, visit https://www.routledge.com/ Routledge-Studies-in-Nineteenth-Century-Philosophy/book-series/ SE0508 Reason and Conversion in Kierkegaard and the German Idealists Ryan S. Kemp and Christopher Iacovetti Hegel and the Frankfurt School Edited by Paul Giladi Kantian Legacies in German Idealism Edited by Gerad Gentry Hegel’s Encyclopedic System Edited by Sebastian Stein and Joshua Wretzel Kierkegaard, Mimesis, and Modernity A Study of Imitation, Existence, and Affect Wojciech Kaftanski Interpreting Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit Expositions and Critique of Contemporary Readings Ivan Boldyrev and Sebastian Stein Nature and Naturalism in Classical German Philosophy Edited by Luca Corti and Johannes-Georg Schülein For more information about this series, please visit: https://www. routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Nineteenth-Century-Philosophy/ book-series/SE0508 Nature and Naturalism in Classical German Philosophy Edited by Luca Corti and Johannes-Georg Schülein First published 2023 by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 and by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Luca Corti and Johannes- Georg Schülein; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Luca Corti and Johannes-Georg Schülein to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this title has been requested ISBN: 978-0-367-54172-9 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-367-55121-6 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-09205-6 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003092056 Typeset in Sabon by KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. BK-TandF-CORTI_9780367541729-220267-FM.indd 8 05/07/22 2:03 PM Contents Acknowledgements xi Nature and Naturalism: The Relevance of Classical German Philosophy 1 LUCA CORTI AND JOHANNES-GEORG SCHÜLEIN 1 Kant’s Regulative Naturalism 18 JAMES R. O’SHEA 2 The Concept of Life in Classical German Philosophy: A Question of Nature or the Lifeworld? 42 BIRGIT SANDKAULEN 3 Nature and Freedom in Schlegel and Alexander von Humboldt 59 ELIZABETH MILLÁN BRUSSLAN 4 The Challenge of Plants: Goethe, Humboldt, and the Question of Life 79 DALIA NASSAR 5 Beyond Nature? The Place of the Natural World in J.G. Fichte’s Early Wissenschaftslehre 101 DANIEL BREAZEALE 6 The Fichte-Schelling Debate, or: Six Models for Relating Subjectivity and Nature 122 PHILIPP SCHWAB x Contents 7 Schelling and Von der Weltseele 148 JOHN ZAMMITO 8 The Freedom of Matter: Self-Constitution in Schelling’s ‘Physical Explanation of Idealism’ 163 JOHANNES-GEORG SCHÜLEIN 9 Beyond a Naturalistic Conception of Nature: Nature and Life in Hegel’s Early Writings 187 LUCA ILLETTERATI 10 The Phenomenology and the Logic of Life: Heidegger and Hegel 209 ROBERT B. PIPPIN 11 The Logical Form of a Living Organism: Hegel, Naturalism, and Biological Autonomy 227 LUCA CORTI 12 Genus-Being: On Marx’s Dialectical Naturalism 246 THOMAS KHURANA Index 279