Note: This meetup requires quite a bit of reading. Please make sure you start preparing a few days before our discussion to give yourself time to assimilate and remember the ideas and to consider what follows below.
Google Metaphysics in philosophy and read the summary of what AI says about it (Core branches, Key themes & questions, Historical context).
The above will take about 15 minutes of our discussion and serve as an introduction. So, let's all be brief.
The sections in italics below are taken from the link. When these are genuine Nietzsche quotes this is indicated. My questions start from Chapter III.
Chapter III
Despite Nietzsche's emerging disenchantment with metaphysics he recognises that 'it has provided humanity with a means of enduring existence'.
How do you understand the sentence in inverted commas?
Nietzsche describes the practical disadvantages of abandoning metaphysical thinking and how this affects individual outlooks on life. What's his assessment of this, and do you agree with it?
Chapter IV
What according to Nietzsche are the historical and psychological origins of metaphysical thinking? To what extent do you find his reasoning convincing?
In what sense does Nietzsche, who embraced science, think scientific thinking is not free of metaphysical thinking?
Chapter V
Metaphysicians, according to Nietzsche, uncritically assume the existence of binary oppositions (true/false, good/evil, being/becoming) and invariably privilege one term over the other. This assumption, far from being self-evident, represents a profound prejudice that has distorted philosophical thinking since Plato.
The paragraphs that follow this quote should help us unpack the concepts and ideas in it.
In what sense does Nietzsche reject the Cartesian cogito? Why is this an important part in the context of metaphysics?
*'We have abolished the true world: what world is left? The app
Note: This meetup requires quite a bit of reading. Please make sure you start preparing a few days before our discussion to give yourself time to assimilate and remember the ideas and to consider what follows below. Google Metaphysics in philosophy and read the summary of what AI says about it (Core branches, Key themes & questions, Historical context). The above will take about 15 minutes of our discussion and serve as an introduction. So, let's all be brief. The sections in italics below are taken from the link. When these are genuine Nietzsche quotes this is indicated. My questions start from Chapter III. Chapter III Despite Nietzsche's emerging disenchantment with metaphysics he recognises that 'it has provided humanity with a means of enduring existence'. How do you understand the sentence in inverted commas? Nietzsche describes the practical disadvantages of abandoning metaphysical thinking and how this affects individual outlooks on life. What's his assessment of this, and do you agree with it? Chapter IV What according to Nietzsche are the historical and psychological origins of metaphysical thinking? To what extent do you find his reasoning convincing? In what sense does Nietzsche, who embraced science, think scientific thinking is not free of metaphysical thinking? Chapter V Metaphysicians, according to Nietzsche, uncritically assume the existence of binary oppositions (true/false, good/evil, being/becoming) and invariably privilege one term over the other. This assumption, far from being self-evident, represents a profound prejudice that has distorted philosophical thinking since Plato. The paragraphs that follow this quote should help us unpack the concepts and ideas in it. In what sense does Nietzsche reject the Cartesian cogito? Why is this an important part in the context of metaphysics? *'We have abolished the true world: what world is left? The app
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