ABSTRACT
Nietzsche's relation to science, and the interpretation of Nietzsche as primarily a naturalist philosopher, have been variously cited as the main trends in recent Nietzsche scholarship. Naturalism, in the one of its several forms, is the idea that thought needs to connect with and be grounded in the natural sciences. Rationalism is the view that human reason gives us access to truth through "innate ideas" that naturally inhere in the mind, and which, once accessed, give us a true understanding of reality. Leiter identifies various types of naturalism, and identifies Nietzsche as a methodological naturalist primarily concerned with methods continuity. Nietzsche rejects the main traditional theories of knowledge rationalism, empiricism and transcendental idealism and adopts a qualified form of empiricism. According to Babette E. Babich, while Nietzsche did not have a developed "philosophy of science", his views on science can act as a corrective to contemporary philosophy of science.
