Nietzsche's Intuitions

Document Type

Essay

Publication Date

2021

DOI

10.1080/0020174X.2019.1667867

Publication Title

Inquiry

Volume

64

Issue

7

Pages

732-753

Abstract

This essay examines a particular rhetorical strategy Nietzsche uses to supply prima facie epistemic justification: appeals to intuition. I first investigate what Nietzsche thinks intuitions are, given that he never uses the term ‘intuition’ as we do in contemporary philosophy. I then examine how Nietzsche can simultaneously endorse naturalism and intuitive appeals. I finish by looking at why and how Nietzsche uses appeals to intuition to further his philosophical agenda. Answering these questions should provide a new and deeper understanding of how Nietzsche does philosophy.

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Original Publication Citation

Remhof, J. (2021). Nietzsche's intuitions. Inquiry, 64(7), 732-753. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2019.1667867

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