Nietzsche’s positivism: discussion between Modemary Clark and Nadeem Hussain
The paper explores a fragment of methodological debate about Nietzsche’s relationship to positivism. On the one hand, Nietzsche’s critique of metaphysics is grounded in empirical arguments and appeals to positivist epistemology of his contemporaries, which allows a number of authors to consider N...
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| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2020/%D0%A2.%205,%20%E2%84%96%203%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/76-83%20%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%93.%20%D0%92..pdf |
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| Summary: | The paper explores a fragment of methodological debate about Nietzsche’s
relationship to positivism. On the one hand, Nietzsche’s critique of metaphysics
is grounded in empirical arguments and appeals to positivist epistemology of
his contemporaries, which allows a number of authors to consider Nietzsche as
a «naturalist» and a precursor of post-positivist analytical theories of truth. On
the other hand, an older reading of Nietzsche is quite the opposite: Nietzsche
has been called a perspectivist for whom any truth is just an interpretation.
The discussion between Clark and Hussain lays out the basic arguments of the
contemporary reading of Nietzsche’s epistemology in its relation to positivism and,
despite the disagreement between the authors, my analysis points to a conclusion
that in contemporary American philosophy the positivist reading of Nietzsche’s
epistemology prevails |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |