Single Idea 4528

[catalogued under 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity]

Full Idea

The most strongly believed a priori 'truths' are for me provisional assumptions (e.g. the law of causality).

Gist of Idea

For me, a priori 'truths' are just provisional assumptions

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §497)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.273


A Reaction

The example of causality would fit in with Humean scepticism, but presumably Nietzsche would also apply it to maths and logic, since he is a thorough-going relativist. I cautiously disagree.