Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz : the concept of substance in seventeenth-century metaphysics / R.S. Woolhouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolhouse, R. S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Philosophy, Modern.

Substance (Philosophy).

Local Subjects:

Descartes, René.

Philosophy, Modern.

Substance (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book introduces student to the three major figures of modern philosophy known as the rationalists. It is not for complete beginners, but it is an accessible account of their thought. By concerning itself with metaphysics, and in particular substance, the book relates an important historical debate largely neglected by the contemporary debates in the once again popular area of traditional metaphysics. in philosophy. (Do Not USE)

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Editions and abbreviations; Introduction; Descartes and Substance; Spinoza and Substance; Leibniz and Substance; Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and Extended Substance; Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and the Mechanics of Extended Substance; Causation, Occasionalism and Force; Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and Thinking Substance; Extended Substance and Thinking Substance related: 'the nature of the union between body and mind'; Uncreated and Created Substance: God and the World; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.

ISBN:

9781134877065

1134877064

9781134877072

1134877072

9781280110108

1280110104

9780203002285

0203002288

OCLC:

70720469