Nietzsche's Theory of Knowledge (Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung Book 4)

The series presents outstanding monographic interpretations of Nietzsche's work as a whole or of specific themes and aspects. These works are written mostly from a philosophical, literary, communication science, sociological or historical perspective. The publications reflect the current state of research on Nietzsche's philosophy, on his sources, and on the influence of his writings. The volumes are peer-reviewed. Acknowledgements Preface Chapter one: The world as will to power I. What there is for Nietzsche II. The Quantification of the Will to Power III. Interactions of the Power-Quanta IV. The Will to Power as Life V. The Two Types of “Displeasure” VI. Self-Preservation as Derivative VII. Summary and Conclusion Chapter Two: Nietzsche’s Concept of Truth I. Nietzsche’s Criterion for Truth II. Revaluation of the Disjunction True-False III. Karl Jasper’s Criterion of Communicability IV. The Second Sense of Truth for Nietzsche V. The Paradoxes of Nietzsche’s Notion of Truth VI. Logical “Truths” as Value Judgements VII. The “Real” World and the “Apparent” World Chapter Three: Nietzsche’s Critique of the Correspondence Theory I. Truth as the Correspondence of “Thoughts” and “Things” II. The Formal Inconsistency of the Correspondence Theory III. Kant and Correspondence IV. The “Thing-in-Itself” V. Does Nietzsche Presuppose the Correspondence Theory? Chapter Four: Nietzsche’s Perspectivism I. The World as Illusion II. Life as an Interpretative Process III. Logic as a Perspectival Falsification IV. The Subject-Object Distinction V. Causality VI. The Thinking Subject as Agent VII. Conclusion Chapter Five: Nietzsche and the Problem of Language I. The Early Works II. Language and Science in the “Positivistic Phase” III. Language in the “Umwertungszeit” IV. Toward a New Linguistic Paradigm V. Nietzsche’s Linguistic Model as a Formal Structure VI. The Question of Technique Chapter Six: Nietzsche’s Way of Thinking I. The Traditional Cognitive Paradigm II. Nietzsche’s Critique of the Traditional Cognitive Paradigm III. Nietzsche’s Critique of the Natural Attitude IV. Nietzsche’s Attitude Toward the Sciences V. The Transformation of Thinking VI. The Sources of the Transformation of Thinking VII. Creative Thinking and Will to Power VIII. Conclusion Chapter Seven: Knowledge as Power I. Nietzsche’s Revaluation of Cognition II. Preliminary Interpretations of Nietzsche’s „Creative Cognition” III. The Revaluation of the Thinking Subject IV. Thought and Thinking as Perspectival Falsifications V. Conclusion Chapter Eight: The Construction of Reality I. The Ontology of Power II. Knowing as a Power Struggle III. The Construction of Reality Chapter Nine: Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index of Subjects Index of Names

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The Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung (MTNF) presents outstanding monographic interpretations by scholars, active in various academic fields, of Nietzsche's work as a whole or of specific themes and aspects. These works are written mostly from a philosophical, literary, communication science, sociological or historical perspective. The publications reflect the current state of research on Nietzsche's philosophy, on his sources, on his relationship with his predecessors and contemporaries and on the influence of his writings. The volumes are peer-reviewed.