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Nietzsche on causality : from Hume’s epistemological legacy to moral criticism
No full textInternational audienceIn this presentation, we aim to show the structure, the originality and the centrality in his thoughtof Nietzsche's theory of causality, by reconstructing it from its sources.In a posthumous work, Nietzsche writes that the origin of causal interpretation is a "Gewohnheit(aber nicht nur die des Individuums !)" (NF, 1885, 2[83]). In so doing, he joins the criticaltradition opened up by Hume, but goes beyond it at the same time. This fragment thereforeinvites us : to seek out the sources from which Nietzsche was able to discover Hume's thoughton this question (bearing in mind that, as far as we know, he only had access to one book by theScottish philosopher, unrelated to the subject) ; to question Nietzsche's use of his sources. Inthis respect, we shall see that his main readings on the subject are Lange and Spir, and that hefirst uses his theory of causality against Kantianism and physical materialism.Yet, is this critique of causality restricted to epistemology, or does Nietzsche open up thepossibility of a broader critique when he postulates a (physiological) origin of the causalinterpretation ?In this respect, the case of causality in his philosophy seems paradigmatic of the Nietzscheangesture : to go beyond the vision of the human being as "aeterna veritas", i.e. to demonstrate« historical sense » (MA I, 2), and to draw all the consequences. For Nietzsche, causality is notjust an epistemological problem, but also a moral one. Indeed, the instinct for causality impliesthe prejudice of a human being endowed with will, and the creation of a moralised world (byreligious beliefs or by mechanical laws). In fact, the thought of causality that Nietzche developsunderpins one of the tasks he sets himself : "die Entmenschung der Natur und dann dieVernatürlichung des Menschen" (NF, 1881, 11[211])
De la régularité sans lois. Nietzsche et le problème de l'induction
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Se (trans)former auprès de la nature. Une lecture des Conférences sur l'avenir des établissements d'enseignement
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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