Better Consciousness – Schopenhauer′s Philosophy of Value

Alex Neill is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His current focus is on the history of 18 th - and 19 th -century philosophical aesthetics. He is co-editor (with Aaron Ridley) of The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern (1995) and Arguing About Art: Contemporary Philosophical Debates , 3e (2007). Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His research interests fall chiefly in the areas of 19 th -century German philosophy and aesthetics. His recent books include Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (2002), Reading Aesthetics: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary (Blackwell, 2005), and Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy (2007).

Preface. 1. Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Value ( Christopher Janaway, University of Southampton, UK and Alex Neill, University of Southampton, UK ). 2. Back to Truth: Knowledge and Pleasure in the Aesthetics of Schopenhauer ( Paul Guyer, University of Pennsylvania, USA ). 3. Aesthetic Experience in Schopenhauer's Metaphysics of Will ( Alex Neill, University of Southampton, UK ). 4. Schopenhauer on Aesthetic Understanding and the Values of Art ( Bart Vandenabeele, Universiteit Gent, Belgium ). 5. Poetic Intuition and the Bounds of Sense: Metaphor and Metonymy in Schopenhauer's Philosophy ( Sandra Shapshay, Indiana University - Bloomington, USA ). 6. Life is but a mirror: On the connection between ethics, metaphysics and character in Schopenhauer ( Matthias Kossler, Johannes-Gutenberg Universitat, Germany ). 7. Knowledge and Selflessness: Schopenhauer and the Paradox of Reflection ( Bernard Reginster, Brown University, USA ). 8. Natural Beauty and Optimism in Schopenhauer's Aesthetics ( Robert Wicks, University of Auckland, New Zealand ). 9. Compassion and Solidarity with Sufferers: The Metaphysics of Mitleid ( David E. Cartwright, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater , USA ). 10. Schopenhauer's Politics: Ethics, Jurisprudence and The State ( Julian Young, University of Auckland, New Zealand ). 11. Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Death and Salvation ( Neil Jordan, Godalming, UK ). Index.