Instinct (Philosophy)

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"In this book, Colin McGinn presents a concise, clear, and compelling argument that the origins of knowledge are innate--that nativism, not empiricism, is correct in its theory of how concepts are acquired. McGinn considers the particular case of sensible qualities--ideas of col…

"In this book, Colin McGinn presents a concise, clear, and compelling argument that the origins of knowledge are innate--that nativism, not empiricism, is correct in its theory of how concepts are acquired. McGinn considers the particular case of sensible qualities--ideas of col…

"In this book, Colin McGinn presents a concise, clear, and compelling argument that the origins of knowledge are innate that nativism, not empiricism, is correct in its theory of how concepts are acquired. McGinn considers the particular case of sensible qualities ideas of color…

The volume offers various considerations of Nietzsche's attempt to connect language to the instinctive activity of the human body. In focusing on how Nietzsche tries to dissolve the traditional opposition between instinct and language, as well as between instinct and consciousne…