Books by Laird Addis

Die Reihe bietet ein Publikationsforum fur innovative Arbeiten zu allen Themengebieten der analytischen Philosophie. Die Bande in dieser Reihe erscheinen in deutscher oder englischer Sprache.

Die Reihe bietet ein Publikationsforum fur innovative Arbeiten zu allen Themengebieten der analytischen Philosophie. Die Bande in dieser Reihe erscheinen in deutscher oder englischer Sprache.

Although there is a huge literature on Nietzsche's philosophy, this is the first study in English that focuses on his ontology. Before proceeding to that ontology, Addis argues that, contrary to many commentators, Nietzsche defends both the possibility and the desirability of objectivity in the search for knowledge, including knowledge of the basic features of reality, that is, of ontology. In separate chapters, Addis then sets out, analyzes, and evaluates the five essential components of Nietzsche's ontology: constant change, substances and things, minds, causation, and will to power. In each case, Addis contributes an original understanding of the feature under discussion, with more detail than exists in other treatments, and defended with quotes from relevant texts of Nietzsche.

In this fascinating account of the way in which we understand music, Laird Addis builds on the idea, first articulated by Susanne Langer, that passages of music symbolize emotions and other conscious states.