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Author Addis, Laird, author.

Title Nietzsche's ontology / Laird Addis.

Publication Info. Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (145 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137) and index.
Contents Table of Contents; I. INTRODUCTION; II. TRUTH AND OBJECTIVITY; III. CONSTANT CHANGE; IV. SUBSTANCES AND THINGS; V. MINDS; VI. CAUSATION; VII. THE WILL TO POWER; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.
Summary Although there is a huge literature on Nietzsche's philosophy, this is the first study in English that focuses on his ontology. Before proceeding to that ontology, Addis argues that, contrary to many commentators, Nietzsche defends both the possibility and the desirability of objectivity in the search for knowledge, including knowledge of the basic features of reality, that is, of ontology. In separate chapters, Addis then sets out, analyzes, and evaluates the five essential components of Nietzsche's ontology: constant change, substances and things, minds, causation, and will to power. In each.
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Subject Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
Ontology.
Ontology.
Ontology in literature.
Ontology in literature.
Criticism and interpretation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Addis, Laird, author. Nietzsche's ontology 9783868381658 (OCoLC)830293452
ISBN 9783110321760 (electronic book)
3110321769 (electronic book)
9783110320107
311032010X
9783868381658
3868381651