Nietzsche and James on the Value of Constructing Objects

Authors

Justin Remhof, Old Dominion UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

DOI

10.1515/opphil-2018-0028

Publication Title

Open Philosophy

Volume

1

Issue

1

Pages

392-400

Abstract

In this paper, I first suggest that Nietzsche and James, two otherwise very different thinkers, both endorse the controversial constructivist view that human representational practices bring all material objects into existence. I then explore their views concerning why and how constructivism can play a vital role in helping us find reality and our lives valuable.

Comments

Published under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Creative Commons License.

Original Publication Citation

Remhof, J. (2018). Nietzsche and James on the value of constructing objects, Open Philosophy, 1(1), 392-400. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2018-0028

Repository Citation

Remhof, Justin, "Nietzsche and James on the Value of Constructing Objects" (2018). Philosophy Faculty Publications. 65.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/philosophy_fac_pubs/65