Nietzsche and the genealogy of truth

The notion of truth is certainly one of the most important in the history of philosophy as much as for our everyday life but at the same time one of the least problematized notions. The aim of this book is precisely to put into question the truth itself whether in philosophy or in its ordinary use pursuing the question: why do we want truth? In this sense we present the discussions of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche around the idea of truth especially his genealogical procedure as a historical-philosophical method that allows us to observe the delicate articulation between truth and life. Thus we assume a historical-naturalistic stance of knowledge in an attempt to show that truth as we conceive it nowadays is a type of error that has become so important to our species that we can no longer live without it. The notion of truth is certainly one of the most important in the history of philosophy as much as for our everyday life but at the same time one of the least problematized notions. The aim of this book is precisely to put into question the truth itself whether in philosophy or in its ordinary use pursuing the question: why do we want truth? In this sense we present the discussions of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche around the idea of truth especially his genealogical procedure as a historical-philosophical method that allows us to observe the delicate articulation between truth and life. Thus we assume a historical-naturalistic stance of knowledge in an attempt to show that truth as we conceive it nowadays is a type of error that has become so important to our species that we can no longer live without it.