Nietzsche's will-to-power ontology : an interpretation of Beyond Good and Evil

Abstract: Nietzsche's Will-to-Power Ontology: An Interpretation of Beyond Good and Evil § 36 By: Mark Minuk Will-to-power is the central component of Nietzsche's philosophy, and passage 36 of Beyond Good and Evil is essential to coming to an understanding of it. 1 argue for and defend the thesis that will-to-power constitutes Nietzsche's ontology, and offer a new understanding of what that means. Nietzsche's ontology can be talked about as though it were a traditional substance ontology (i.e., a world made up of forces; a duality of conflicting forces described as 'towards which' and 'away from which'). However, 1 argue that what defines this ontology is an understanding of valuation as ontologically fundamental—^the basis of interpretation, and from which a substance ontology emerges. In the second chapter, I explain Nietzsche's ontology, as reflected in this passage, through a discussion of Heidegger's two ontological categories in Being and Time (readiness-to-hand, and present-at-hand). In a nutshell, it means that the world of our desires and passions (the most basic of which is for power) is ontologically more fundamental than the material world, or any other interpretation, which is to say, the material world emerges out of a world of our desires and passions. In the first chapter, I address the problematic form of the passage reflected in the first sentence. The passage is in a hypothetical style makes no claim to positive knowledge or truth, and, superficially, looks like Schopenhaurian position for the metaphysics of the will, which Nietzsche rejects. 1 argue that the hypothetical form of the passage is a matter of style, namely, the style of a free-spirit for whom the question of truth is reframed as a question of values. In the third and final chapter, 1 address the charge that Nietzsche's interpretation is a conscious anthropomorphic projection. 1 suggest that the charge rests on a distinction (between nature and man) that Nietzsche rejects. I also address the problem of the causality of the will for Nietzsche, by suggesting that an alternative, perspectival form of causality is possible.

Nietzsche's children : a physiological analysis of the scholar's task

Throughout Nietzsche's writings we find discussions of the proper relationship of the scholar/scientist to the philosopher, wi th the scholar of ten being presented in a derogatory light. In this thesis, I examine Nietzsche's por t rai t of the scholar through the lens of his physiological or clinical perspective as articulated by Dr. Daniel R. Ahern in his monograph entitled Nietzsche as Cultural Physician. My aim in doing so is to grasp the affirmative, creative aspect of this seemingly destructive polemic against scholars. I begin wi th a detailed discussion of Nietzsche's por t rai t of the scholar in Beyond Good and Evil. This includes an explication of Ahern's position, followed by an application of the diagnostic perspective to Nietzsche's discussion of the objective type, the skeptic, and the critic. I then look at how the characteristics of all three types are present in the Nietzschean 'free spirit.' I also discuss the physiological basis of esotericism in Nietzsche's work, as well as Nietzsche's revaluation of the scholarly vi r tue known as Red/ichkeit (or 'honesty'). I conclude wi th comments on the free spirit's relationship to the future.

Considerations inactualles David Strauss de l'utilite et des inconvenients des etudes historiques par Fréderic Nietzsche.

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Algunas oposiciones, similitudes y diferendos en la constitución del sujeto en Hegel y Nietzsche : comparación entre el Sujeto Trágico del Nacimiento de la Tragedia y la Autoconciencia de la Fenomenología del Espíritu (Cap. IV)

Comparación entre Hegel y Nietzsche en términos de la forma en que en cada uno de ellos se define la constitución del sujeto en determinados textos, como lo son el Nacimiento de la Tragedia, de Nietzshe, y el capítulo IV de la Fenomenología del Espíritu de Hegel. La comparación se hace a partir de tres elementos, a saber, oposición, similitud y diferendo.

Historia y vida una aproximación al concepto de cultura en Nietzsche

En este trabajo, se trazará un esbozo del concepto de cultura moderna que surge desde la perspectiva de la Reforma protestante, pasando por la Ilustración y la Revolución Francesa, que marca el advenimiento de una visión desacralizada de la historia –es decir, racional– hasta mostrar cómo las ideas del progreso se convierten en un sucedáneo de la esperanza religiosa en el idealismo alemán. Luego se mostrará cómo en el siglo XIX el concepto de cultura sufre una evolución contradictoria a la evolución del mundo que está determinada por la expansión colonial, el asentamiento de las revoluciones burguesas y la formación de las naciones. Posteriormente se presentará la discusión, entre la filosofía de la historia y el historicismo, propia de la primera mitad del siglo XIX para determinar tanto la influencia de la conciencia histórica hegeliana con el historicismo, como la reacción del historicismo a la justificación del conocimiento histórico que planteaba Hegel.

Projections of global warming-induced impacts on winter storm losses in the German private household sector

We present projections of winter storm-induced insured losses in the German residential building sector for the 21st century. With this aim, two structurally most independent downscaling methods and one hybrid downscaling method are applied to a 3-member ensemble of ECHAM5/MPI-OM1 A1B scenario simulations. One method uses dynamical downscaling of intense winter storm events in the global model, and a transfer function to relate regional wind speeds to losses. The second method is based on a reshuffling of present day weather situations and sequences taking into account the change of their frequencies according to the linear temperature trends of the global runs. The third method uses statistical-dynamical downscaling, considering frequency changes of the occurrence of storm-prone weather patterns, and translation into loss by using empirical statistical distributions. The A1B scenario ensemble was downscaled by all three methods until 2070, and by the (statistical-) dynamical methods until 2100. Furthermore, all methods assume a constant statistical relationship between meteorology and insured losses and no developments other than climate change, such as in constructions or claims management. The study utilizes data provided by the German Insurance Association encompassing 24 years and with district-scale resolution. Compared to 1971–2000, the downscaling methods indicate an increase of 10-year return values (i.e. loss ratios per return period) of 6–35 % for 2011–2040, of 20–30 % for 2041–2070, and of 40–55 % for 2071–2100, respectively. Convolving various sources of uncertainty in one confidence statement (data-, loss model-, storm realization-, and Pareto fit-uncertainty), the return-level confidence interval for a return period of 15 years expands by more than a factor of two. Finally, we suggest how practitioners can deal with alternative scenarios or possible natural excursions of observed losses.

Nietzsche e o ressentimento : um estudo em psicologia social

A importância para a Psicologia Social no século XXI do estudo empreendido por Nietzsche sobre o ressentimento é teórica e metodológica. É teórica porque ele apresenta claramente o ressentimento como um sintoma social que se desenvolve bastante a partir do século XIX como produto de uma ‘moral cristã’ que surge por volta do ano um d.C. É metodológica porque o estudo do ressentimento traz a idéia de uma Psicologia voltada a uma crítica da verdade via análise dos valores dos valores. Levando em conta que a partir do século XIX os valores morais transformam-se na grande ferramenta de poder internalizada no homem com o intuito de criar e vigiar vidas possíveis, o olhar de uma certa psicologia do ressentimento coloca a moral como uma produção humana e cria a possibilidade de uma análise do homem a partir daquilo que para ele se caracteriza como ‘bem’ ou ‘mau’.

Valor e verdade em Nietzsche e os dilemas da educação contemporânea

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