Nietzsche's dynamic metapsychology : this uncanny animal / Rex Welshon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welshon, Rex, 1955- author.

Series:

New directions in philosophy and cognitive science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Criticism and interpretation.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Spiritualism (Philosophy).

Philosophy of mind.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Welshon argues for a new interpretation of Nietzsche's metapsychology and philosophy of mind. Rather than rehearsing Nietzsche's criticisms of souls and religious and philosophical uses of souls and subjects yet again, Welshon starts from the idea that Nietzsche is interested in unpacking the view that the subject is a naturalized phenomenon, both embodied and embedded in a larger natural and social environment and dynamically engaged with that larger environment. He shows that this view of the subject has significant textual support in Nietzsche's published books and unpublished notes. Of particular interest to readers are his discussion of drives as the yeoman psychological category of explanation, his discussion of Nietzsche's thoughts about consciousness, and his defense of Nietzsche's views against criticism that they (i) cannot make sense of psychological causation; (ii) are inconsistent with contemporary evolutionary theory; and (iii) are inconsistent with contemporary cognitive science. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Naturalism, Science, Positivism 10

I Naturalism, scientists, and science 11

II Things-in-themselves, the 'real' world, and positivism 21

III Beyond positivism and idealism 30

2 Embodiedness, Embeddedness, Teleology 41

I Physiology 43

II The end of teleology 56

III Embodiment, embeddedness, and naturalizing teleology 61

3 Perception, Perspectivism, Falsification 73

I Perception and interoception 73

II Perspectivism 91

III The falsification thesis 96

4 Drive, Affect, Thought 103

I Drives 104

II The ontology and structure of drives 111

III Affect and thought 125

5 Reflective Consciousness, Phenomenalism, Epiphenomenalism 136

I Basic and reflective consciousness 136

II The phenomenality of reflective consciousness 149

III The epiphenomenality of reflective consciousness 158

6 Self, Will, Power 166

I Physiology, psychology, and the self 167

II Will, downward causation, and exclusion 179

III Achieving a self, power, and self-overcoming 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index.

Other Format:

Also available online: Welshon, Rex, 1955- Nietzsche's dynamic metapsychology.

ISBN:

9780230303287

0230303285

OCLC:

870285557

Publisher Number:

99958976952