Nietzsche: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

Nietzsche and Science

Babich, Babette E.  Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Science: Reflecting Science on the Ground of Life and Art. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994)   JFE 00-6822

Babich argues that Nietzsche is a philosopher of science and that his theory of perspectivism is crucial to it.  Following Nietzsche, Babich tries to construct a philosophy of science from a philosophy of art and life.

Lampert, Lawrence.  Nietzsche and Modern Times: A Study of Bacon, Descartes and Nietzsche. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993)  JFE 93-7565

Lampert argues against the widely held view that Nietzsche is an enemy of science.  Rather it is Bacon-Cartesian science and its mechanistic view of the world that Nietzsche opposes.  Nietzsche is an advocate of a “gay science” based upon a new conception of nature.

Moore, Gregory. Nietzsche, Biology and Metaphor. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002) JFE 02-4413

Moore examines how nineteenth-century debates about evolution and the degeneration of man shaped Nietzsche’s thinking, especially his understanding of morality and art. This influence is reflected in Nietzsche’s frequent use of biological metaphors such as degeneration, decadence, sickness and health, in his cultural criticism.