| Description |
1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Abbreviations; One: Introduction; Two: Parallelism and Individuals; Three: The Mind-Relativity of Content; Four: Holism and the Causal Requirement on Representation; Five: The Essence Requirement on Representation; Six: Falsity; Seven: "One and the Same Thing"; Eight: Spinoza, Opacity, and the Mind-Body Problem; Nine: Attributes and Identity; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; General Index |
| Summary |
This first extensive study of Spinoza's philosophy of mind concentrates on two problems crucial to the philosopher's thoughts on the matter: the requirements for having a thought about a particular object, and the problem of the mind's relation to the body. Della Rocca contends that Spinoza's positions are systematically connected with each other and with a principle at the heart of his metaphysical system: his denial of causal or explanatory relations between the mental and the physical. In this way, Della Rocca's exploration of these two problems provides a new and illuminating perspective o |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
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| SUBJECT |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 fast |
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Mind and body -- History -- 17th century
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Representation (Philosophy) -- History -- 17th century
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Philosophy of mind -- History -- 17th century
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Mind and body
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Philosophy of mind
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Representation (Philosophy)
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780195357318 |
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0195357310 |
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