Imaginary Causes
Philosophy has et to take Nietzsche's theory of "imaginary causes" seriously enough. It is still only used as a critique of the philosophy of others.
"No more metaphysics!"
When philosophy finally comes to understand the full weight of the death of imaginary causes, philosophy itself will die ... leaving only a few questions within the realm of naturalized epistemology.
Nietzsche did not call himself a philosopher.
Trees do not "turn their leaves toward the sun to increase photosynthesis".
Computers do not "exploit weak pawns" in games of chess.
Sociology and the soft-sciences have not yet offered one hypothesis that escapes the grasp of the notion of imaginary causes. They speak truth only to the extent that they speak in tautologies, cleverly disguised as those tautologies may be in long circular chains.
"No more metaphysics!"
When philosophy finally comes to understand the full weight of the death of imaginary causes, philosophy itself will die ... leaving only a few questions within the realm of naturalized epistemology.
Nietzsche did not call himself a philosopher.
Trees do not "turn their leaves toward the sun to increase photosynthesis".
Computers do not "exploit weak pawns" in games of chess.
Sociology and the soft-sciences have not yet offered one hypothesis that escapes the grasp of the notion of imaginary causes. They speak truth only to the extent that they speak in tautologies, cleverly disguised as those tautologies may be in long circular chains.
posted by Thomas F. Schminke at 5:59 PM
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