Nietzsche's Theory of the Will
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23173138 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian Leiter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 107-126 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Nietzsche on freedom and autonomy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231560.003.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W2180608994 |
| ISBN | 9780199231560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
This chapter offers a philosophical reconstruction of Nietzsche's theory of the will, focusing on: (i) Nietzsche's account of the phenomenology of 'willing' an action, the experience we have which leads us (causally) to conceive of ourselves as exercising our will; (ii) Nietzsche's arguments that the experiences picked out by the phenomenology are not causally connected to the resulting action (at least not in a way sufficient to underwrite ascriptions of moral responsibility); and (iii) Nietzsche's account of the actual causal genesis of action. Particular attention is given to passages from Daybreak, Beyond Good and Evil, and Twilight of the Idols, and a revised version of Leiter's earlier account of Nietzsche's epiphenomenalism is defended. Finally, recent work in empirical psychology (Libet, Wegner) is shown to support Nietzsche's skepticism that our 'feeling' of will is a reliable guide to the causation of action.
Epistemology · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophy
Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Etiology (On the Example of Free Will)
Nietzschean Autonomy and the Meaning of the “Sovereign Individual”
Beyond the Myth of the Nietzschean Ideal‐Type
Pulling oneself up by the hair
Against Nietzsche's ‘Theory’ of the Drives
Willing and not being able
Physio-psychology”
Nietzsche and the Principle of Charity
| Citations per year | 0.73 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |