ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the four central claims in Williams' article of Nietzsche is a naturalist and an advocate of minimalist moral psychology. It examines Williams' interpretations of Nietzsche on the will and agency. The chapter critiques Williams' claim that Nietzsche cannot be a source of philosophical theories. Williams notes discusses naturalism, which involves, formulations of the position tend to rule out too much or too little. He calls for naturalism and minimalism are vague and diffuse. These slogans seem compatible with any number of philosophical theories, including the ones that Nietzsche rejects. Nietzsche's naturalism is methodological in that it recommends not so much a substantive body of scientific doctrines. Williams repeatedly speaks of Nietzsche's demand for moral psychological minimalism. It's tempting to interpret minimalism as reductionism, particularly when we associate minimalism with naturalism. In focusing on Nietzsche's philosophical psychology, turned attention toward one of the richest areas in Nietzsche's texts.
