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Defending Nietzsche's Constructivism about Objects
Author(s) -
Remhof Justin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1468-0378
pISSN - 0966-8373
DOI - 10.1111/ejop.12267
Subject(s) - constructivism (international relations) , philosophy , epistemology , argument (complex analysis) , reading (process) , law , political science , linguistics , international relations , medicine , politics
Nietzsche appears to adopt a radical Kantian view of objects called constructivism , which holds that the existence of all objects depends essentially on our practices. This essay provides a new reconstruction of Nietzsche's argument for constructivism and responds to five pressing objections to reading Nietzsche as a constructivist that have not been addressed by commentators defending constructivist interpretations of Nietzsche.