Babette Babich
Encyclopedia
Babette E. Babich is an American philosopher known for her studies of Nietzsche, Heidegger and Hölderlin as well as for her work in aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...

, including the history of ancient Greek sculpture, and continental philosophy
Continental philosophy
Continental philosophy, in contemporary usage, refers to a set of traditions of 19th and 20th century philosophy from mainland Europe. This sense of the term originated among English-speaking philosophers in the second half of the 20th century, who used it to refer to a range of thinkers and...

, especially continental philosophy of science and technology.

Selected publications

Author
  • Nietzsches Wissenschaftsphilosophie. »Die Wissenschaft unter der Optik des Künstlers zu sehn, die Kunst aber unter der des Lebens«. Bern/Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010.
  • "Eines Gottes Glück voller Macht und Liebe." Beiträge zu Nietzsche, Hölderlin, Heidegger. Weimar: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2009.
  • Words in Blood, Like Flowers: Philosophy and Poetry, Music and Eros in Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006, paper: 2007. http://www.nietzschecircle.com/review16.html
  • Nietzsche e la Scienza: Arte, vita, conoscenza. Translated by Fulvia Vimercati. Raffaello Cortina Editore. Milan. 1996.
  • Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Science: Reflecting Science on the Ground of Art and Life. State University of New York Press. Albany. 1994.


Editor and Contributor
  • Nietzsche, Habermas, and Critical Theory. Amherst, New York. Prometheus Books Humanity Books Imprint. 2004.
  • Hermeneutic Philosophy of Science, Van Gogh's Eyes, and God: Essays in Honor of Patrick A. Heelan. S.J. [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science.] Dordrecht. Kluwer. 2002.
  • Nietzsche, Theories of Knowledge and Critical Theory: Nietzsche and the Sciences I [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science.] Dordrecht. Kluwer. 1999.
  • Nietzsche, Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Nietzsche and the Sciences II [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science.] Dordrecht. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1999.
  • From Phenomenology to Thought, Errancy, and Desire: Essays in Honor of William J. Richardson, S.J. [Phænomenologica] Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht. 1995.


Articles
  • [In German] „Zu Nietzsches Statuen: Skulptur und das Erhabene.“ In: Beatrix Vogel & Nikolaus Gerdes, eds., Grenzen der Rationalität: Teilband_2. München: Allitera Verlag, 2011. Pp. 391-421.
  • [In German] „Nietzsches Genealogie der Wissenschaft als Mythos: Religion, Moral und die Werte der Moderne.” In: Beatrix Vogel & Nikolaus Gerdes, eds., Grenzen der Rationalität: Teilband_1. München: Allitera Verlag, 2011. 305-338.
  • “Adorno on Science and Nihilism, Animals, and Jews.” Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy/Revue canadienne de philosophie continentale. Vol. 14, No. 1, (2011). 1-36.
  • “Education and Exemplars: Learning to Doubt the Overman.” In: Paul Fairfield, ed., Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics. London: Continuum, 2011. Pp. 125-149.
  • [In German] “Artisten Metaphysik und Welt-Spiel in Fink and Nietzsche.” In: Cathrin Nielsen and Hans Rainer Sepp, eds., Welt denken. Annäherung an die Kosmologie Eugen Finks. Freiburg im Briesgau: Alber, 2011. Pp. 57-88.
  • “Towards a Critical Philosophy of Science: Continental Beginnings and Bugbears, Whigs and Waterbears.” International Journal of the Philosophy of Science. Vol. 24, No. 4 (December 2010): 343-391.
  • [In Slovene] “Nietzschejeva presoja stila in Humov donkihotski okus: O Veseli znanosti estetike oz. Igranje satira.” Phainomena. 72-73 (2010): 167-188.
  • “Great Men, Little Black Dresses, & the Virtues of Keeping One’s Feet on the Ground.” MP: An Online Feminist Journal. Vol. 3, Issue 1 (August 2010): 57-78.
  • [In German]„Das ‚Problem der Wissenschaft‘ oder Nietzsches philosophische Kritik wissenschaftlicher Vernunft.“ In: Carlo Gentili and Kathrin Nielsen, eds., Der Tod Gottes und die Wissenschaft: Zur Wissenschaftskritik Nietzsches. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010. Pp. 125-171.
  • “Ex aliquo nihil: Nietzsche on Science and Modern Nihilism.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly Special Issue on Nietzsche. 84-2. (Spring 2010): 231-256. http://fordham.bepress.com/phil_babich/27/
  • [In French] “Le sort du Nachlass: le problème de l’œuvre posthume” In: Pascale Hummel, ed., Mélivres / Misbooks. Études sur l’envers et les travers du livre. Paris: Philogicum, 2009. Pp. 123–140.
  • “Jaspers, Heidegger, and Arendt: On Politics, Science, and Communication,” Existence, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2009): 1-19. http://www.bu.edu/paideia/existenz/volumes/Vol.4-1Babich.html
  • “Become the One You Are: On Commandments and Praise — Among Friends.” In Thomas Hart, ed., Nietzsche, Culture, and Education, London: Ashgate, 2009. pp. 13–38.
  • “‘A Philosophical Shock’: Foucault’s Reading of Heidegger and Nietzsche” in C. G. Prado, ed., Foucault’s Legacy, London: Continuum, 2009. pp. 19–41.
  • "Die Naturgeschichte der griechischen Bronze im Spiegel des Lebens. Betrachtungen über Heidegger's ästhetische Phänomenologie und Nietzsches agonale Politik." in Günter Figal, ed., Internationales Jahrbuch der Hermeneutik. (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008), pp. 127–189. Link to full-text: http://fordham.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=phil_babich
  • Continental Philosophy of Science" in Constantin V. Boundas, The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophies. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007), pp. 545–558.
  • “Heidegger’s Will to Power.” Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology. 38 (2007): pp. 37–60.
  • “Nietzsche’s ‘Artists’ Metaphysics’ and Fink’s Ontological ‘World-Play’.” International Studies in Philosophy. XXXVII. 3 (2006): Pp. 163-180.
  • “The Genealogy of Morals and Right Reading: On the Nietzschean Aphorism and the Art of the Polemic.” In: Christa Davis Acampora, ed., Critical Essays on the Classics: Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 2006. pp. 171–190.
  • [In German] “Heideggers Beiträge zwischen politische Kritik und die Frage nach der Technik.” In: Stefan Sorgner, H. James Birx, and Nikolaus Knoepffler, eds., Eugenik und die Zukunft, Jena:Angewandten Ethik. Freiburg: Karl Alber Verlag, 2006. pp. 43–69.
  • “Gay Science: Science and Wissenschaft, Leidenschaft and Music.” In: Keith Ansell-Pearson, ed., Companion to Nietzsche. Cambridge: Blackwell, 2006. pp. 97–114.
  • [In German] “Dichtung, Eros, und Denken in Nietzsche und Heidegger: Heideggers Nietzsche Interpretation und die heutigen Nietzsche-Lektüre.” Heidegger und Nietzsche . Heidegger-Jahrbuch II. Freiburg: Karl Alber Verlag 2005. pp. 239–264.
  • “The Science of Words or Philology: Music in The Birth of Tragedy and The Alchemy of Love in The Gay Science.” In: Tiziana Andina, ed., Revista di estetica. n.s. 28, XLV. Turin: Rosenberg & Sellier, 2005. Pp. 47–78.
  • [In Spanish] “Música y palabras en Nietzsche: Sobre la cuestión de la ciencia, el estilo y la música de la tragedia griega Antigua.” Trans. Marco Parmeggiani. Estudios Nietzsche 4 (2005): 11-35
  • Babich, "Mousike Techne: The Philosophical Practice of Music in Plato, Nietzsche, and Heidegger" in: Massimo Verdicchio and Robert Burch, eds., Between Philosophy and Poetry: Writing Rhythm History. London: Continuum, 2005. pp. 171–180 and 200-205. http://fordham.bepress.com/phil_babich/23/
  • [In Spanish] “La veridad del arte en Heidegger.” In: Carlos Eduardo Sanabria, trans. and ed. Estética. Miradas contemporáneas. Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia, 2005. Pp. 183–230.
  • “Nietzsche’s Critique of Scientific Reason and Scientific Culture: On ‘Science as a Problem’ and ‘Nature as Chaos’.” In: Gregory M. Moore and Thomas Brobjer, eds. Nietzsche and Science. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. Pp. 133-153.
  • [In German] “Die Wahrheit des Kunstwerkes: Gadamers Hermeneutik zwischen Martin Heidegger und Meyer Shapiro” in Günter Figal, ed., Internationales Jahrbuch für Hermeneutik, Vol. 3. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004. pp. 55–80.
  • [In German] “Manfred Riedel begegnen: Daimon und Tyché.” In Harald Seubert, ed., Verstehen in Wort und Schrift. Cologne: Böhlau, 2004. Pp. 90B95.
  • “On Schapiro’s Transfiguration: Claude Lorraine and Raphael.” New Nietzsche Studies. Vols. 5:3/4 and 6:1/2 (Winter 2003/Spring 2004): 181-193.
  • “Reading David B. Allison’s Reading the New Nietzsche.” Symposium. Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 2004). 19-35.
  • “On the Analytic-Continental Divide in Philosophy: Nietzsche’s Lying Truth, Heidegger’s Speaking Language, and Philosophy.” In C. G. Prado, ed., A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophy. Amherst, NY: Prometheus/Humanity Books. 2003. pp. 63–103.
  • “From Fleck’s Denkstil to Kuhn’s Paradigm: Conceptual Schemes and Incommensurability.” International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 71/1 (2003): 75-92. http://fordham.bepress.com/phil_babich/7/
  • “Heidegger Against the Editors: Nietzsche, Science, and the Beiträge as Will to Power.” Philosophy Today. 47 (Winter 2003): 327-359.
  • [In German] “Die Wissenschaftsbegriff bei Martin Heidegger und Medard Boss: Philosophisches Denken und Daseinsanalyse.” In: Harald Seubert, ed., Heidegger und Daseinsanalyse. Köln: Böhlau, 2003. pp. 249–268.
  • “From Van Gogh’s Museum to the Temple at Bassae: Heidegger’s Truth of Art and Schapiro’s Art History.” Culture, Theory & Critique. 44/2 (2003): 151-169.
  • “Paradigms and Thought Styles: Incommensurability and its Cold War Discontents from Kuhn’s Harvard to Fleck’s Unsung Lvov.” Social Epistemology. 17 (2003): 97-107.
  • “Nietzsche’s Imperative as a Friend’s Encomium: On Becoming the One You Are, Ethics, and Blessing.” Nietzsche-Studien, Vol. 33 (2003): 29-58.
  • “Continental Philosophy of Science: Mach, Duhem, and Bachelard.” In: Richard Kearney, ed., Routledge History of Philosophy: Volume VIII. London. Routledge. 2003. New paperback edition. pp. 175–221. http://fordham.bepress.com/phil_babich/5/
  • Nietzsche and Eros Between the Devil and God's Deep Blue Sea: The Erotic Valence of Art and the Artist as Actor - Jew - Woman. Continental Philosophy Review. 33 (2000): 159-188. Republished by the Nietzsche Circle. See for full text: http://www.nietzschecircle.com/essayArchive10.html
  • “The Hermeneutics of a Hoax: On the Mismatch of Physics and Cultural Criticism.” Common Knowledge. 6/2 (September 1997): 23-33.
  • “Against Postmodernism and the “New” Philosophy of Science: Nietzsche’s Image of Science in the Light of Art.” In: R.S. Cohen and Dimitri Ginev, eds. Issues and Images in the Philosophy of Science. Dordrecht. Kluwer. 1997. Pp. 27-45.
  • “On the Order of the Real: Nietzsche and Lacan.” In: David Pettigrew and François Raffoul, eds., Disseminating Lacan. Albany. State University of New York Press. 1996. 48-63. Link to full text: http://fordham.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=phil_babich

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