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Nietzsche versus the Genetic Fallacy
- The Journal of Nietzsche Studies
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 43, Number 2, Autumn 2012
- pp. 305-315
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Did Nietzsche rely on genetic fallacies? I argue that while he published two minor instances of the fallacy, he also struggled mightily against a particular breed of genetic fallacy. What he critiqued as a "proof of strength" was in fact a genetic fallacy of the sort that derives the truth of a proposition from positive results that arise from believing it. This theme is a signature of his works and heavily militates against readings of Nietzsche that casually accuse him of fallacy.