The Surface and the Abyss - Nietzsche as Philosopher of Mind and Knowledge (Hardcover)

Peter Bornedal provides an interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole in the context of 19th century philosophy of mind and cognition. The study explains Nietzsche's notion of truth; his epistemology; his notions of the split and fragmented subject, of master, slave, and priest; furthermore, it offers a new interpretation of the enigmatic "eternal recurrence". It also suggests how important aspects of Nietzsche's thinking can be read as a sophisticated critique of ideology. From studies in Nietzsche's work as a whole, not least in his so-called Nachgelassene Fragmente, the book reconstructs aspects of Nietzsche's thinking that have largely been under-described in especially the Anglo-Saxon Nietzsche-reception. The study makes the case that Nietzsche in his epistemology, his psychology, and his cognitive theory is responding to several scientific discoveries occuring during the 19th century. Read within the context of contemporary cognitive-psychological-evolutionary debates, Nietzsche's philosophy is seen as far more scientistic, and far less poetical-metaphysical, than it has in recent reception-history been received.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-forschung
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	March 2010
Authors:	Peter Bornedal
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	623
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-022341-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN:	3-11-022341-4
Barcode:	9783110223415

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