Suggested Readings & Overview
For this week, we will look at sections 14-23 of Part I.
In these sections, Nietzsche attacks various scientific and metaphysical prejudices that form an interconnected web.
Most of all, Nietzsche attacks the concept of free will, which is one of the primary starting points for philosophy (especially when it comes to moral philosophy).
Another general theme is undermining the relationship between surface level language and complex psychological phenomena.
Nietzsche takes aim at the inadequacy of words to capture what’s really going on inside of our minds and bodies.
These conceptual prejudices lead philosophers to distort reality and draw various false conclusions.
A general theme is respecting the extent “physiology” affects our thinking.
14
In this section, Nietzsche criticizes the assumptions behind modern scientific thinking, in particular Physics.
“Now it is beginning to dawn on maybe five or six brains that physics too is only an interpretation and arrangemen…
