How to Philosophize with a Hammer
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How to Philosophize with a Hammer is the provocative subtitle of Friedrich Nietzsche’s work *Twilight of the Idols*, encapsulating his method of critically testing and shattering traditional moral and philosophical “idols.”
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Target entity: How to Philosophize with a Hammer Context triple: [Twilight of the Idols, subtitle, How to Philosophize with a Hammer]
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The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
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A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
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Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning)
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The Incoherence of the Philosophers
The Incoherence of the Philosophers is a landmark 11th-century work of Islamic philosophy and theology by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of earlier Muslim philosophers and helped reshape the course of Islamic thought.
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Target entity: How to Philosophize with a Hammer Target entity description: How to Philosophize with a Hammer is the provocative subtitle of Friedrich Nietzsche’s work *Twilight of the Idols*, encapsulating his method of critically testing and shattering traditional moral and philosophical “idols.”
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A.
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener is a collection of essays in which Martin Gardner explores and defends his views on philosophy, religion, and rational inquiry with his characteristic clarity and wit.
-
B.
5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies
5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies is a collection of playful, logic-based philosophical essays and puzzles by Raymond Smullyan that explore paradoxes, metaphysics, and the nature of reasoning.
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C.
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
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D.
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning)
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) is a posthumously published, dense and experimental work by Martin Heidegger that elaborates his later thinking on being, history, and the event (Ereignis).
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E.
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
The Incoherence of the Philosophers is a landmark 11th-century work of Islamic philosophy and theology by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of earlier Muslim philosophers and helped reshape the course of Islamic thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book subtitle
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philosophical concept ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
challenging Christian morality
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exposing decadence in Western culture ⓘ undermining absolute truths ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophicalMovement |
existentialism
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nihilism ⓘ perspectivism ⓘ philosophy of life ⓘ |
| author | Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
critique of metaphysics
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critique of traditional morality ⓘ destruction of philosophical idols ⓘ revaluation of values ⓘ |
| contextOfUse | subtitle on the title page of Twilight of the Idols ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ |
| describesMethodOf |
critical examination of moral concepts
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genealogical critique of values ⓘ |
| field | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasForm | metaphor ⓘ |
| hasTone |
polemical
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provocative ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century continental philosophy
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critical theory ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| metaphoricalMeaning |
shattering dogmatic beliefs
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testing values by striking them to see if they ring hollow ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Twilight of the Idols
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surface form:
Götzen-Dämmerung, oder: Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert
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| partOf |
The Case of Wagner
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surface form:
Götzen-Dämmerung
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| philosophicalApproach |
diagnostic critique of culture
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psychological interpretation of moral beliefs ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
iconoclasm
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idol smashing ⓘ master morality and slave morality ⓘ revaluation of all values ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Beyond Good and Evil
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On the Genealogy of Morality ⓘ The Antichrist ⓘ |
| subject |
culture
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morality ⓘ philosophical systems ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| subtitleOf | Twilight of the Idols ⓘ |
| usedAs | summary of Nietzsche’s late critical method ⓘ |
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