Nihilism and subjectivity: Nietzsche as a critic of Descartes’ and Kant’s metaphysics

Authors

  • Ildenilson Meireles Barbosa

Keywords:

Nietzsche, Truth, Metaphysics, Nihilism, Subject

Abstract

This article presents Nietzsche?s criticism of Descartes? and Kant?s metaphysics, in order to show that something that is in the center of the philosophy of subjectivity results in a nihilistic consequence. According to Nietzsche?s interpretation, for which the self is just a fiction, an invention that in its articulation with the ideal of truth generates a refusal of effectiveness, we need to show how modern metaphysics is present under the rule of nihilism.

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Published

2013-09-13

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BARBOSA, I. M. Nihilism and subjectivity: Nietzsche as a critic of Descartes’ and Kant’s metaphysics. Controvérsia (UNISINOS) - ISSN 1808-5253, São Leopoldo, v. 6, n. 3, p. 77–91, 2013. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/controversia/article/view/5214. Acesso em: 21 may. 2025.

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2010)

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