PhiViz is a family of projects that aim to visualize concepts in the history of philosophy. To date, we have focused on visualizing and interpreting Nietzsche's use of various concepts.

Semantic Networks

All of Nietzsche's moral psychology in one network:

Virtue in Nietzsche's Drive Psychology

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Tutorial

Interpretation

The Epistemic Function of Contempt and Laughter

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Interpretation

A Schooling in Contempt: Emotions and the Pathos of Distance

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Interpretation

Works-in-Progress:

• Alfano, M. (under contract). Nietzsche's Socio-Moral Psychology. Cambridge University Press.
• Alfano, M. (under contract) Nietzsche's affective perspectivism as a philosophical methodology. In P. Loeb & M. Meyer (eds.), Nietzsche's Metaphilosophy. Cambridge University Press.

Publications:

• Alfano, M. (forthcoming). Digital humanities for history of philosophy: A case study on Nietzsche. In T. Neilson, L. Levenberg, D. Rheams, & M. Thomas (eds.), Handbook of Methods in the Digital Humanities. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Alfano, M. (forthcoming). The epistemic function of contempt and laughter in Nietzsche. In M. Mason (ed.), The Moral Psychology of Contempt. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Alfano, M. (forthcoming). Virtue in Nietzsche's drive psychology. In T. Stern (ed.), The New Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche. Cambridge University Press.
• Alfano, M. (2017). A schooling in contempt: Emotions and the pathos of distance. In P. Katsafanas (ed.), Routledge Philosophy Minds: Nietzsche. Routledge.