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Book SynopsisFew philosophers are as widely read or as widely misunderstood as Nietzsche. In this book, Tsarina Doyle sets out to show that a specifically Kantian-informed methodology lies at the heart of Nietzsche''s approach to epistemology and metaphysics. The author claims, contentiously, that both Nietzsche''s early and late writings may be understood as responses to Kant''s constitutive-regulative distinction at the level of epistemology and to his treatment of force and efficient causality at the level of metaphysics.
Trade ReviewThis is an important contribution to the continuing debate on Nietzsche's views - early and late - concerning epistemology and metaphysics. Doyle's study is particularly insightful on the relation between Nietzsche's later perspectivism and Kantian transcendental idealism. Her awareness of the issues and philosophical scholarship are exemplary, and her conclusions throw fresh light on the specific nature of Nietzsche's indebtedness to Kant. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in this area of Nietzsche's thought. -- Dr. Peter Poellner, Philosophy Department, University of Warwick
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part One - Epistemology; 1. Nietzsche's Appropriation of Kant; 2. Nietzsche's Perspectival Theory of Knowledge; 3. Nietzsche's Emerging Internal Realism; Part Two - Metaphysics; 4. Justifying the Will to Power; 5. The Kantian Background to Nietzsche's Metaphysics; 6. Relationality and Intrinsicality in Nietzsche's Metaphysics; Concluding Remarks; Index.
