Superstitions of logicians#
Summary#
The superstitions of logicians refer to the unexamined assumptions underlying logical reasoning, particularly the belief that the subject “I” is the necessary condition for the predicate “think.” Nietzsche argues that a thought comes when it wishes rather than when we will it, and that the inference from thinking to a thinker follows merely grammatical habit rather than immediate certainty. The “ego” is thus exposed as an interpretation projected onto experience rather than an established fact, comparable to the atomists’ postulation of material particles to explain physical forces.