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[from 'Writings from Late Notebooks' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism ]

Full Idea

Inasmuch as the word 'knowledge' has any meaning at all, the world is knowable: but it is variously interpretable; it has no meaning behind it, but countless meanings. 'Perspectivism'.

Gist of Idea

'Perspectivism': the world has no meaning, but various interpretations give it countless meanings

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 07[60])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.139


A Reaction

This account sounds like Humean 'projectivism', espoused by Simon Blackburn - meanings are projected onto a meaningless world. If nearly all of our perspectives agreed, might that not be because they were all true?