2016 Cilt 17 Sayı 30

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    Gianni Vattimo: Truth’s violence and weak thought
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2016-01-31) Kuçlu, Erhan; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi/Sosyoloji Bölümü.
    In this article, we will take Italian philosopher, politician and cultural critic Gianni Vattimo’s thoughts on truth’s violence and weak thought in a general framework. At first we’ll introduce the Italian Philosopher in a few words and give some information about his works. Secondly we’ll explain his views on truth’s violence. According to Vattimo, since Plato, Western thought and thus societies live in this “violence”/metaphysical categories. He argues that this violence stems from [metaphysical] truth claims. In other words, he put forwards that this truth claims are not only intrinsic to religious [truth] claims but also common in modern thought, science and technology. And finally, we’ll discuss his concept of “weak thought” (il pensiero debole) as a critical and weakener stance against these truth claims. The weak thought tries to find a way to liberate us from these metaphysical categories and claims. In this direction Vattimo’s intellectual background mainly depends on Nietzschean and Heideggerian literature. Nietzsche and Heidegger always object to these claims and categories in a different ways. Vattimo eclectically uses their thoughts and concepts/phrases (for example Nietszche’s famous phrase “God is dead” and Heidegger’s concept of Verwindung (Overcoming)) to weaken these claims. In Vattimo’s all works we can see the criticism of metaphysical thoughts because he believes that the end of the truth is beginning the democracy.