Perspectivism and relativism on Nietzsche

• Grant number: 10/13785-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2011
• End date: July 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Scarlett Zerbetto Marton
• Grantee: Eder Ricardo Corbanezi
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/05624-0 - Perspectivism and relativism in Nietzsche, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

This project investigates, throughout an immanent reading of Nietzsche's philosophy, the ambiguous relationship between perspectivism and relativism in the thinking of the author. For this, we examine first the relationship between effectiveness, will to power, perspective and interpretation. From this point and as a second stage, we investigate how the relationship of these notions preclude the attribution of relativism to Nietzsche, as the author, from his perspective, establishes a criterion (the increase or reduction in power) to assess and rank the other interpretations. However, in our view, as we are going to explore in the third part, it is the concept of effectiveness as perspective and interpretative that precludes, following assumptions of Nietzsche's own thinking, any claim to universal validity to the criterion established by him. Thus, it is about investigating whether the establishment of this criterion is sufficient or not to completely reject the relativism. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CORBANEZI, Eder Ricardo. Perspectivism and relativism in Nietzsche. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.