Welshon Nietzsche's Dynamic Metapsychology

This Uncanny Animal
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-31703-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 229 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection

An analysis and assessment of Nietzsche's metapsychology. Nietzsche is neither a dualist nor a physical reductionist about the mind. Instead, he is best interpreted as thinking that the mind is embodied and embedded in a larger natural and social environment with which it is dynamically engaged.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Welshon, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Foreword Introduction 1. Naturalism, Science, Positivism 2. Embodiment, Embeddedness, Teleology 3. Perception, Perspectivism, Falsification 4. Drive, Affect, Thought 5. Reflective Consciousness, Phenomenalism, Epiphenomenalism 6. Self, Will, Power Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rex Welshon is Professor of Philosophy and Senior Associate Dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA. His primary philosophical interests are in philosophy of mind, philosophy of neuroscience and the philosophical work of Nietzsche.