Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy
Sven Gellens
orcid.org/0000-0002-8663-2062
; Universiteit Gent, Blandijnberg 2, BE–9000 Gent
Benjamin Biebuyck
orcid.org/0000-0002-2059-7495
; Universiteit Gent, Blandijnberg 2, BE–9000 Gent
Full text: english pdf 432 Kb
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APA 6th Edition
Gellens, S. & Biebuyck, B. (2021). Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy. Synthesis philosophica, 36 (1), 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
MLA 8th Edition
Gellens, Sven and Benjamin Biebuyck. "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 36, no. 1, 2021, pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Gellens, Sven and Benjamin Biebuyck. "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy." Synthesis philosophica 36, no. 1 (2021): 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Harvard
Gellens, S., and Biebuyck, B. (2021). 'Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy', Synthesis philosophica, 36(1), pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Vancouver
Gellens S, Biebuyck B. Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2024 December 21];36(1):139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
IEEE
S. Gellens and B. Biebuyck, "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy", Synthesis philosophica, vol.36, no. 1, pp. 139-158, 2021. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Full text: croatian pdf 432 Kb
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APA 6th Edition
Gellens, S. & Biebuyck, B. (2021). Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy. Synthesis philosophica, 36 (1), 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
MLA 8th Edition
Gellens, Sven and Benjamin Biebuyck. "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 36, no. 1, 2021, pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Gellens, Sven and Benjamin Biebuyck. "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy." Synthesis philosophica 36, no. 1 (2021): 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Harvard
Gellens, S., and Biebuyck, B. (2021). 'Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy', Synthesis philosophica, 36(1), pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Vancouver
Gellens S, Biebuyck B. Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2024 December 21];36(1):139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
IEEE
S. Gellens and B. Biebuyck, "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy", Synthesis philosophica, vol.36, no. 1, pp. 139-158, 2021. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Full text: german pdf 432 Kb
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APA 6th Edition
Gellens, S. & Biebuyck, B. (2021). Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy. Synthesis philosophica, 36 (1), 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
MLA 8th Edition
Gellens, Sven and Benjamin Biebuyck. "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 36, no. 1, 2021, pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Gellens, Sven and Benjamin Biebuyck. "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy." Synthesis philosophica 36, no. 1 (2021): 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Harvard
Gellens, S., and Biebuyck, B. (2021). 'Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy', Synthesis philosophica, 36(1), pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Vancouver
Gellens S, Biebuyck B. Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2024 December 21];36(1):139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
IEEE
S. Gellens and B. Biebuyck, "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy", Synthesis philosophica, vol.36, no. 1, pp. 139-158, 2021. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Full text: french pdf 432 Kb
page 157-158
downloads: 211
cite
APA 6th Edition
Gellens, S. & Biebuyck, B. (2021). Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy. Synthesis philosophica, 36 (1), 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
MLA 8th Edition
Gellens, Sven and Benjamin Biebuyck. "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 36, no. 1, 2021, pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Gellens, Sven and Benjamin Biebuyck. "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy." Synthesis philosophica 36, no. 1 (2021): 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Harvard
Gellens, S., and Biebuyck, B. (2021). 'Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy', Synthesis philosophica, 36(1), pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Vancouver
Gellens S, Biebuyck B. Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2024 December 21];36(1):139-158. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
IEEE
S. Gellens and B. Biebuyck, "Natural Selection, Levelling, and Eternal Recurrence. How Nietzsche Addressed Darwinism in His Effort to Surpass the Body-Mind-Dichotomy", Synthesis philosophica, vol.36, no. 1, pp. 139-158, 2021. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36109
Abstract
This paper addresses the ongoing debate on Nietzsche’s relationship to Darwinism, pursuing the specific meaning of Nietzsche’s integrative account of evolution in his writings. Exploring the evolutionary vocabulary in his discussion of the will to power and his criticism of Malthus’s concept of adaptation, the article claims that the so-called explicit Anti-Darwin position in Nietzsche’s late writings is part of his encompassing attempt to surpass the narrow margins of a strictly anatomical-biological or socio-Darwinist concept of evolution. That Nietzsche does so by using biological vocabulary shows his eagerness to map the impact of biological and cultural forces on humankind’s evolution. This article wants to put the contemporary debate on culture and evolution in a broader historical perspective. At the same time, it also wants to contribute to a better understanding of Nietzsche’s philosophical anthropology, and in particular, of his changing ideas on weakness and strength, on the intellect and eternal recurrence as a principle of selection – ideas Nietzsche developed in his effort to surpass the traditional dichotomy of body and mind.
Keywords
evolution; Charles Darwin; Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; eternal recurrence; will to power; body; adaptation; mind; selection
Hrčak ID:
257914
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/257914
Publication date:
8.6.2021.
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