The Nietzschean meta-critique of knowledge

Holger Schmid

pp. 153-163

in: Babette Babich (ed), Nietzsche, theories of knowledge, and critical theory I, Berlin, Springer, 1999

Abstract

Nietzsche is famous among philosophers for statements like "There is no truth." Such declarations are thought to characterize his thinking, even if it is undecided whether this ought to be held against him or, indeed, what, if anything at all, claims of this kind might really mean? It is more than an idle convention that statements like this must be self-contradictory or banal, depending respectively on the way they are interpreted. Consequently debates are typically addressed to the logical status of the claim that truth is a "kind of error;" while at the same time it is always assumed that Nietzsche's philosophical importance has necessarily to stand or fall with the significance of such statements.

Cited authors

Nietzsche Friedrich