Philosophy 237fn - Nineteenth-Century Philosophy: Nietzsche

19th-Century Phil: Nietzsche

Fall
2021
01
4.00
Nalini Bhushan

M W 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Smith College
PHI-237fn-01-202201
Seelye 311
nbhushan@smith.edu
Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most insightful and provocative, but also one of the least understood of philosophers. He has been variously characterized as anti-semitic, elitist, illiberal, a Nazi, an irrationalist, a nihilist--the list goes on. Some of these labels are justified; others are not. In this course we will read a number of primary works by Nietzsche and examine his views on important philosophical issues such as the status of metaphysics, the significance of reason, the relationship between meaning and truth, the value of art and science, and the justification of a system of absolute moral values.
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