Ambiguity and the absolute : Nietzsche and Merleau-Ponty on the question of truth

327 Pages·2014·1.04 MB·English

by  Chouraqui

Ambiguity and the Absolute
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FRANK CHOURAQUI
Ambiguity and the Absolute
Nietz sche and Merleau-Ponty
on the Question of Truth
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS
New York ■ 
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chouraqui, Frank.
Ambiguity and the absolute : Nietzsche and Merleau-Ponty on the question of truth /
Frank Chouraqui. — First edition.
pages cm. — (Perspectives in Continental philosophy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN ---- (cloth : alk. paper)
. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, –. . Merleau-Ponty, Maurice,
–. . Truth. . Ambiguity. . Absolute, Th e. I. Title.
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First edition
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To my friends Judith Walz and Bernie Flynn
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Contents
List of Abbreviations xi
Preface xv
Introduction 
1 Nietz sche on Self-Diff erentiation and Genealogy 
2 Th e Incorporation of Truth and the Symbiosis of Truth and Life 
3 Th e Self-Becoming of the World and the Incompleteness of Being 
Transition: Vicious Circles, Virtuous Circles, and Meeting
Merleau-Ponty in the Middle 
4 Th e Origin of Truth 
5 Existential Reduction and the Object of Truth 
6 Merleau-Ponty’s “Soft” Ontology of Truth as Falsifi cation 
Conclusion 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 
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