The Importance of Idealism

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"The only important parts of me are like, totally contingent," he says. "I don't look to these things for ... but then I don't have the need for it that you do." It's hard to pin down what exactly Nietzsche believes because there is a fleshed-out philosophy or worldview that invigorates you and challenges you,. He might like that aspect of his work.

David and Tamler dive into the first two parts of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil which contain some of Nietzsche’s best drive-bys on philosophers like Plato, Descartes, the Stoics, Kant, and Hegel along with beliefs in free will, hard determinism, Christianity, morality, conceptual analysis, objectivity, and the value of truth. We argue about Nietzsche’s metaphilosophy and the implications of thinking that all philosophy amounts to a personal confession by the author. Plus – have David’s prayers been answered? Does quantum theory entail that our consciousness outlives the death of our physical bodies? A blog post about a somewhat recent book says yes!