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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Main Author: G. V. Biserov
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Language:English
Published: Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education 2020-10-01
Series:Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-9b35bdbaffa14681b62cb70e85bab2322025-02-02T11:56:45ZengOmsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher EducationОмский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"2542-04882541-79832020-10-0153768310.25206/2542-0488-2020-5-3-76-83Nietzsche’s positivism: discussion between Modemary Clark and Nadeem HussainG. V. Biserov0Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of SciencesThe 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 prevailshttps://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..pdfpositivismfriedrich nietzscheernst machanalytic philosophy
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Nietzsche’s positivism: discussion between Modemary Clark and Nadeem Hussain
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analytic philosophy
title Nietzsche’s positivism: discussion between Modemary Clark and Nadeem Hussain
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title_short Nietzsche’s positivism: discussion between Modemary Clark and Nadeem Hussain
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