Nietzsche’s critique of staticism
Why are we still intrigued by Nietzsche? What the author argues in this chapter is that this sustained interest stems from Nietzsche’s challenge to what we might call the ‘staticism’ inherent in our ordinary experience. ‘Staticism’ can be defined, roughly speaking, as the view that the world is a co...
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2008
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| description | Why are we still intrigued by Nietzsche? What the author argues in this chapter is that this sustained interest stems from Nietzsche’s challenge to what we might call the ‘staticism’ inherent in our ordinary experience. ‘Staticism’ can be defined, roughly speaking, as the view that the world is a collection of enduring, re-identifiable objects that change only very gradually and according to determinate laws. This article claims that as long as human beings subscribe to the ‘staticist picture’ Nietzsche will remain of interest. First, the chapter discusses Nietzsche’s rejection of the remnants of staticism in Hegel and Schopenhauer (both of whom, he holds, remain fundamentally opposed to taking time and history seriously). Second, it briefly outlines why Nietzsche deems the belief in any variant of the staticist picture as problematic. Finally, it examines Nietzsche’s adualistic-dialetheic stance towards the staticist worldview. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:884c3864-53e5-4089-8293-535eea72cd012022-03-26T22:16:12ZNietzsche’s critique of staticismConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:884c3864-53e5-4089-8293-535eea72cd01PhilosophyPhilosophy of mindMetaphysicsModern Western philosophySymplectic Elements at OxfordWalter de Gruyter2008Dries, MDries, MWhy are we still intrigued by Nietzsche? What the author argues in this chapter is that this sustained interest stems from Nietzsche’s challenge to what we might call the ‘staticism’ inherent in our ordinary experience. ‘Staticism’ can be defined, roughly speaking, as the view that the world is a collection of enduring, re-identifiable objects that change only very gradually and according to determinate laws. This article claims that as long as human beings subscribe to the ‘staticist picture’ Nietzsche will remain of interest. First, the chapter discusses Nietzsche’s rejection of the remnants of staticism in Hegel and Schopenhauer (both of whom, he holds, remain fundamentally opposed to taking time and history seriously). Second, it briefly outlines why Nietzsche deems the belief in any variant of the staticist picture as problematic. Finally, it examines Nietzsche’s adualistic-dialetheic stance towards the staticist worldview. |
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