The honesty of thinking: reflections on critical thinking in Nietzsche's middle period and the later Heidegger
<p>This dissertation engages with contemporary interpretations of Nietzsche and Heidegger on the issue of <em>self-knowing</em> with respect to the notions of <em>honesty</em> and <em>authenticity</em>. Accounting for the two philosophers' developing co...
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| author | Rasmus-Vorrath, J Jack Kendrick Rasmus-Vorrath |
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| description | <p>This dissertation engages with contemporary interpretations of Nietzsche and Heidegger on the issue of <em>self-knowing</em> with respect to the notions of <em>honesty</em> and <em>authenticity</em>. Accounting for the two philosophers' developing conceptions of these notions allows a response to interpreters who conceive the activity of self-knowing as a primarily personal problem. The alternative accounts proposed take as a point of departure transitional texts that reveal both thinkers to be engaged in processes of revision. The reading of honesty in Chapters 1 and 2 revolves around Nietzsche's groundwork on prejudice in <em>Morgenröthe</em> (1880-81), where he first problematizes the moral-historical forces entailed in actuating the 'will to truth'. The reading of authenticity in Chapters 3 and 4 revolves around Heidegger's lectures on what motivates one's thinking in <em>Was heißt Denken?</em> (1951-52). The lectures call into question his previous formal suppositions on what calls forth one's 'will-to-have-a-conscience', in an interpretation of Parmenides on the issue of thought's linguistic determination, discussed further in the context of <em>Unterwegs zur Sprache</em> (1950-59). Chapter 5 shows how Heidegger's confrontation with Nietzsche contributed to his ongoing revisions to the notion of authenticity, and to the attending conceptions of critique and its authority. Particular attention is given to the specific purposes to which distinct Nietzschean foils are put near the confrontation's beginning--in Heidegger's lectures on Nietzsche's second <em>Unzeitgemässe Betrachtung</em> (1938), and in the monograph entitled <em>Besinnung</em> (1939) which they prepare--and near its end, in the interpretation of <em>Also Sprach Zarathustra</em> (1883-85) presented in the first half of <em>Was heißt Denken?</em> Chapter 6 recapitulates the developments traced from the vantage point of the retrospective texts Die Zollikoner Seminare (1959-72) and the fifth Book of <em>Die fröhliche Wissenschaft</em> (1887). Closing remarks are made in relation to recent empirical research on the socio-environmental structures involved in determining self-identity.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:effe66e1-235d-46a9-a570-b42dceb7e92f2022-03-27T11:44:21ZThe honesty of thinking: reflections on critical thinking in Nietzsche's middle period and the later HeideggerThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:effe66e1-235d-46a9-a570-b42dceb7e92fMetaphysicsEthics (Moral philosophy)Christianity and Christian spiritualityPerceptionPsychologyLiteratures of Germanic languagesLanguages (Medieval and Modern) and non-English literatureSocial psychologyGermanic languagesLanguage and cognitive developmentEmotionTheology and ReligionCognitionAncient philosophyPhilosophyInterpersonal behaviourModern Western philosophyLiterature (non-English)Epistemology,causation,humankindPhilosophy,psychology and sociology of religionGermanEnglishOxford University Research Archive - Valet2014Rasmus-Vorrath, JJack Kendrick Rasmus-VorrathMorgan, B<p>This dissertation engages with contemporary interpretations of Nietzsche and Heidegger on the issue of <em>self-knowing</em> with respect to the notions of <em>honesty</em> and <em>authenticity</em>. Accounting for the two philosophers' developing conceptions of these notions allows a response to interpreters who conceive the activity of self-knowing as a primarily personal problem. The alternative accounts proposed take as a point of departure transitional texts that reveal both thinkers to be engaged in processes of revision. The reading of honesty in Chapters 1 and 2 revolves around Nietzsche's groundwork on prejudice in <em>Morgenröthe</em> (1880-81), where he first problematizes the moral-historical forces entailed in actuating the 'will to truth'. The reading of authenticity in Chapters 3 and 4 revolves around Heidegger's lectures on what motivates one's thinking in <em>Was heißt Denken?</em> (1951-52). The lectures call into question his previous formal suppositions on what calls forth one's 'will-to-have-a-conscience', in an interpretation of Parmenides on the issue of thought's linguistic determination, discussed further in the context of <em>Unterwegs zur Sprache</em> (1950-59). Chapter 5 shows how Heidegger's confrontation with Nietzsche contributed to his ongoing revisions to the notion of authenticity, and to the attending conceptions of critique and its authority. Particular attention is given to the specific purposes to which distinct Nietzschean foils are put near the confrontation's beginning--in Heidegger's lectures on Nietzsche's second <em>Unzeitgemässe Betrachtung</em> (1938), and in the monograph entitled <em>Besinnung</em> (1939) which they prepare--and near its end, in the interpretation of <em>Also Sprach Zarathustra</em> (1883-85) presented in the first half of <em>Was heißt Denken?</em> Chapter 6 recapitulates the developments traced from the vantage point of the retrospective texts Die Zollikoner Seminare (1959-72) and the fifth Book of <em>Die fröhliche Wissenschaft</em> (1887). Closing remarks are made in relation to recent empirical research on the socio-environmental structures involved in determining self-identity.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Metaphysics Ethics (Moral philosophy) Christianity and Christian spirituality Perception Psychology Literatures of Germanic languages Languages (Medieval and Modern) and non-English literature Social psychology Germanic languages Language and cognitive development Emotion Theology and Religion Cognition Ancient philosophy Philosophy Interpersonal behaviour Modern Western philosophy Literature (non-English) Epistemology,causation,humankind Philosophy,psychology and sociology of religion German Rasmus-Vorrath, J Jack Kendrick Rasmus-Vorrath The honesty of thinking: reflections on critical thinking in Nietzsche's middle period and the later Heidegger |
| title | The honesty of thinking: reflections on critical thinking in Nietzsche's middle period and the later Heidegger |
| title_full | The honesty of thinking: reflections on critical thinking in Nietzsche's middle period and the later Heidegger |
| title_fullStr | The honesty of thinking: reflections on critical thinking in Nietzsche's middle period and the later Heidegger |
| title_full_unstemmed | The honesty of thinking: reflections on critical thinking in Nietzsche's middle period and the later Heidegger |
| title_short | The honesty of thinking: reflections on critical thinking in Nietzsche's middle period and the later Heidegger |
| title_sort | honesty of thinking reflections on critical thinking in nietzsche s middle period and the later heidegger |
| topic | Metaphysics Ethics (Moral philosophy) Christianity and Christian spirituality Perception Psychology Literatures of Germanic languages Languages (Medieval and Modern) and non-English literature Social psychology Germanic languages Language and cognitive development Emotion Theology and Religion Cognition Ancient philosophy Philosophy Interpersonal behaviour Modern Western philosophy Literature (non-English) Epistemology,causation,humankind Philosophy,psychology and sociology of religion German |
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