Nietzsche, naturalism, and the tenacity of the intentional

Mark Alfano*

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Abstract

Nietzsche's most insightful contribution to the naturalistic project in philosophical psychology is not methodological but substantive: he discovered an important truth about the dynamics of psychological states, which I here dub the tenacity of the intentional. According to the tenacity thesis, when an intentional state loses its object, a new object replaces the original; the state does not disappear entirely. This interpretation is supported by and helps to tie together the three essays of the Genealogy. The article concludes by contextualizing the tenacity thesis within Nietzsche's doctrine of the will to power.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)461-468
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Nietzsche Studies
Volume44
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2013
Externally publishedYes

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