Nietzsche'S Naturalism: Philosophy And The Life Sciences In The Nineteenth Century
Cambridge University Press
ISBN13:
9781107685086
$34.86
This book explores Nietzsche's philosophical naturalism in its historical context, showing that his position is best understood against the background of encounters between neo-Kantianism and the life sciences in the nineteenth century. Analyzing most of Nietzsche's writings from the late 1860s onwards, Christian J. Emden reconstructs Nietzsche's naturalism and argues for a new understanding of his account of nature and normativity. Emden proposes historical reasons why Nietzsche came to adopt the position he did; his genealogy of values and his account of a will to power are as much influenced by Kantian thought as they are by nineteenth-century debates on teleology, biological functions, and theories of evolution. This rich and wide-ranging study will be of interest to scholars and students of Nietzsche, the history of modern philosophy, intellectual history, and history of science.
- | Author: Christian J. Emden
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: May 16, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 264 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1107685087
- | ISBN-13: 9781107685086
- Author:
- Christian J. Emden
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:
- May 16, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 264 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1107685087
- ISBN-13:
- 9781107685086