Nietzsche and metaphysics / Peter Poellner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poellner, Peter.

Series:

Oxford philosophical monographs.

Oxford philosophical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Contributions in metaphysics.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Influence.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an original interpretation and a critical assessment of Friederich Nietzsche's influential work on the traditionally central questions of philosophy concerning the possibility of knowledge and the nature of reality. Dr Poellner draws upon not only Nietzsche's published works but also his voluminous notebooks, largely unpublished.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

A Note on Translations and References

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SCEPTICISM

1. Substance and Cause

2. Atoms and Force

3. Scepticism Generalized: The Problem of Justification

3. BEYOND SCEPTICISM: 'FOR-THERE IS NO "TRUTH"'

1. Reality and Interest

2. The Will to Truth and the Ascetic Ideal

4. TRUTH, SURVIVAL, AND POWER

1. Nietzsche and Evolutionary Epistemology

2. Explanations of Observational Success

3. The Teleology of the Will to Power

4. Power and the Varieties of Evidence

5. The Meaning of 'Creation'

5. THE NATURE OF 'INNER EXPERIENCE'

1. The Fate of the Higher Self

2. Unconscious Mental States

3. Self-Deception and the Christian Ideal

6 THE WILL TO POWER: NIETZSCHE AND METAPHYSICS

1. Analogy and the Will

2. Quanta of Force and Perspectivism

3. The Problem of Self-Reference: Some Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

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D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

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W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-312) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-98085-4

9786611980856

0-19-151891-3

OCLC:

608607842