Nietzsche and Metaphysics

Zusatztext Poellner brings philosophical learning of an impressive scope to bear on his reading of Nietzsche ... Poellner leads the reader down a lengthy and winding path ... the path is one worth taking, not so much for its ultimate destination, which is a familiar rejection of Nietzsche's antiessentialism and psychology, but rather for the engaging twists and turns it takes along the way Informationen zum Autor Peter Poellner is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Klappentext Poellner here offers a comprehensive interpretation of Nietzsche's later ideas on epistemology and metaphysics! drawing extensively not only on his published works but also his voluminous notebooks! largely unpublished in English. He examines Nietzsche's various distinct lines of thought on the traditionally central areas of philosophy and shows in what specific sense Nietzsche! as he himself claimed! might be said to have moved beyond these questions. He pays considerable attention throughout both to the historical context of Nietzsche's writings and to subsequent developments in philosophy--English-language as well as Continental. Zusammenfassung Peter Poellner offers an original interpretation and a critical assessment of Nietzsche's influential work on the traditionally central questions of philosophy concerning the possibility of knowledge and the nature of reality. Poellner draws not only on Nietzsche's published works but also on his voluminous notebooks, largely unpublished. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Scepticism; 3. Beyond Scepticism: 'For-there is no "truth"'; 4. Truth, Survival, and Power; 5. The nature of 'Inner Experience'; 6. The Will to Power: Nietzsche and Metaphysics; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Poellner, Peter (Lecturer in Philosophy Poellner, Poellner Peter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2000
• EAN: 9780198250630
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825063-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Oxford Philosophical Monographs; Oxford Philosophical Monograph; Oxford Philosophical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge