Nietzsche´s Pragmatism

Pietro Gori

Published by De Gruyter 2019

Nietzsche´s Pragmatism

A Study on Perspectival Thought

Pietro Gori

Translated by: Sarah de Sanctis

Volume 72 in the series Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110593334

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During his late period, Nietzsche is particularly concerned with the value that mankind attributes to truth. In dealing with that topic, Nietzsche is not primarly interested in the metaphysical disputes on truth, but rather in the effects that the "will to truth" has on the human being. In fact, he argues that the "faith in a value as such of truth" influenced Western culture and started the anthropological degeneration of the human type that characterizes European morality. To call into question the value of truth is therefore necessary, if one wants to help mankind to find her way in the labyrinth of nihilism.

In this new addition to Nietzsche scholarship, Gori explores the origin and aim of the philosopher's　late perspectival thought by merging the theoretical with the historical approach, with a special focus on the epistemological debate that influenced Nietzsche. As a result, the book provides a contextual reading of the issue that supports the idea that Nietzsche’s attitude in addressing the problem of truth is, in a broad sense, pragmatic.

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Pietro Gori, New University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Accessible Download PDF	VII
Contents Accessible Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations of Nietzsche’s Writings Accessible Download PDF	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
1. Evolutionary Epistemology and the Critique of Truth Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	6
2. Pursuit of Facts and Interpretations. A Contextual Reading of NL 1886–87, 7[60] Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	41
3. Perspectivism and Herd Morality Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	77
4. Many Names for the Same Way of Thinking Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	101
5. A Pragmatist Conception of Truth Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	129
References Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	156
Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	168

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, institutes, libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 170
Keywords: Truth; nihilism; Europe; values

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Published: April 1, 2019
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Published: December 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110736854