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Full Idea
There are no 'facts-in-themselves', for a sense must always be projected into them before they can be 'facts'.
Gist of Idea
There are no 'facts-in-themselves', since a sense must be projected into them to make them 'facts'
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §556)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.301
A Reaction
The relativist (and anti-realist) view. Any attempt at taking this proposal seriously induces a hopeless vertigo, a well known consequence of reading Nietzsche. I don't believe this. It is not to my taste.
| 4525 | There are no facts in themselves, only interpretations [Nietzsche] |
| 4543 | There are no 'facts-in-themselves', since a sense must be projected into them to make them 'facts' [Nietzsche] |
| 23285 | If we try to identify facts precisely, they all melt into one (as the Slingshot Argument proves) [Davidson] |
| 8313 | Facts are needed for truth-making and causation, but they seem to lack identity criteria [Lowe] |