Description |
xii, 233 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Introduction / Gregory Moore -- 1. Nietzsche's reading and knowledge of natural science : an overview / Thomas H. Brobjer -- 2. Nietzsche : 'that profound physiologist' / Richard S. G. Brown -- 3. Nietzsche, medicine and meteorology / Gregory Moore -- 4. Metaphor, perception and consciousness : Nietzsche on rhetoric and neurophysiology / Christian J. Emden -- 5. Reading Nietzsche through Ernst Mach / Nadeem J. Z. Hussain -- 6. Nietzsche's critique of scientific reason and scientific culture : on 'science as a problem' and nature of chaos / Babette E. Babich -- 7. What Nietzsche did during the science wars / Robin Small -- 8. Between mechanism and teleology : will to power and Nietzsche's gay 'science' / Christa Davis Acampora -- 9. Nietzsche's conceptual chemistry / Duncan Large -- 10. Wonder, science and the voice of philosophy / Tracy B. Strong |
Summary |
"Nietzsche and Science explores the German philosopher's response to the extraordinary cultural impact of the natural sciences in the late nineteenth century. It argues that the science of his day exerted a powerful influence on his thought and provided an important framework within which he articulated his ideas."--BOOK JACKET |
Analysis |
Nietzsche |
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Nietzsche |
Notes |
Includes papers presented at the 11th annual Meeting of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society, held at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 7-9 Sept. 2001 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
Subject |
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Moore, Gregory, 1972-
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Brobjer, Thomas H.
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Friedrich Nietzsche Society.
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LC no. |
2003063711 |
ISBN |
0754634027 : |
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