Date: Sat, 6 May 1995 09:34:58 -0400
From: Mulbnosaj-AT-aol.com
Subject: Re: No facts?


On Wed, 3 May 1995, Wayne A. King wrote:
> Nietzsche:  "There are no facts, only interpretations."> 
> As I understand it, this is a central tenant of Nietzschean perspectivism.>

> I should like to ask any of the Nietzsche experts here to please explain
> to me how they believe Nietzsche might go about defending this assertion
> when confronted by statements which appear to be fairly objective, such
> as: 
>   (1) Nietzsche was once employed as a professor at Basel.  
>   (2) F.W. Nietzsche did not have a twin brother.
>   (3) Nietzsche did not write Chopin's Etudes.    
> Are there other passages in Nietzsche's works where he seems to 
> contradict his above perspectivist claim?
........................
     Nietzsche means quite literally that there are no facts of any matter.
 It is a mistake to try to qualify this attitude for our purposes.  He means
simply that there are no facts!  It is not a fact that Nietzsche did not have
a twin brother.  If this is factual, then so must be his not having a turnip
growing from his forehead.    This may seems irrational.  But rationalism is
only an interpretation against a scheme which we cannot thow off.
(I forget the exact quite).
-Jason Blum



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