Nietzsche, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Science: Nietzsche and the Sciences II

This collection, addressing truth, epistemology and the philosophy of science, includes a substantial representation of analytically schooled Nietzsche scholars. It features a dynamic articulation of the distinction between analytic and contemporary European approaches to philosophy, with contributions from French, German, and Hungarian authors, such as Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker, Paul Valadier, and Walther Zimmerli, as well as a preface by Alasdair MacIntyre. Using terms and argument forms drawn from analytic philosophic traditions, most authors in the first two sections are careful to make disciplinary distinctions with regard to the question of Nietzsche and the sciences. Other essays address the issue of Nietzsche’s relation to the sciences, challenging it but also offering a number of illuminating readings in his defense.