On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason

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book non-fiction work philosophical treatise

On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason is a foundational philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that analyzes the different ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures human knowledge and experience.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ
academicDiscipline	epistemology ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ
addresses	conditions of the possibility of experience ⓘ relation between subject and object ⓘ structure of representation ⓘ
analyzes	ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures experience ⓘ ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures human knowledge ⓘ
author	Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
centralClaim	the principle of sufficient reason has four distinct roots corresponding to four classes of objects for the subject ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
distinguishes	principle of sufficient reason of acting ⓘ principle of sufficient reason of becoming ⓘ principle of sufficient reason of being ⓘ principle of sufficient reason of knowing ⓘ
dividesPrincipleInto	four forms of the principle of sufficient reason ⓘ
genre	philosophy ⓘ
hasForm	prose ⓘ
influenced	The World as Will and Representation ⓘ
influencedBy	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Scholastic theology ⓘ surface form: Scholastic philosophy
isFoundationalFor	Schopenhauer’s system of philosophy ⓘ
mainTopic	metaphysics ⓘ principle of sufficient reason ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ
notableFeature	early mature work of Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ systematic classification of the principle of sufficient reason into four roots ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Über die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde
philosophicalPosition	every object for the subject stands in a relation of sufficient reason ⓘ knowledge is conditioned by forms of representation in the subject ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	German idealism (context) ⓘ transcendental idealism (influenced by Kant) ⓘ
publicationYear	1813 ⓘ
relatedConcept	will (as later developed by Schopenhauer) ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameAuthor	The World as Will and Representation ⓘ
relatesTo	causality ⓘ logical justification ⓘ mathematical grounding ⓘ motivation of action ⓘ
revisedEditionYear	1847 ⓘ
targetAudience	advanced students of philosophy ⓘ philosophers ⓘ

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