Nietzsche on the Nature of the Unconscious
@article{Katsafanas2015NietzscheOT, title={Nietzsche on the Nature of the Unconscious}, author={Paul Katsafanas}, journal={Inquiry}, year={2015}, volume={58}, pages={327 - 352} }
Abstract This paper argues that Nietzsche develops a novel and compelling account of the distinction between conscious and unconscious mental states: he argues that conscious mental states are those with conceptual content, whereas unconscious mental states are those with nonconceptual content. I show that Nietzsche’s puzzling claim that consciousness is ‘superficial’ and ‘falsifying’ can be given a straightforward explanation if we accept this understanding of the conscious/unconscious…
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