Single Idea 7145

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic]

Full Idea

In logic a drive rules, first of falsifying, and then of implementing a single viewpoint: logic does not originate in the will to truth.

Gist of Idea

Logic is not driven by truth, but desire for a simple single viewpoint

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 40[13])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.42


A Reaction

Presumably logic derives from a will to simplify rather than a will for truth. Ockham's Razor describes the essence of human thinking. Even if Nietzsche is right, there is still a desire that the simplified view should be true.