The spiritual automaton : Spinoza's science of the mind / Eugene Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Eugene, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Philosophy of mind.

Mind and body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marshall provides a systematic account of Spinoza's philosophy of mind. He presents Spinoza's concept of the mind as affective mechanism, one that, when rational, behaves as a spiritual automaton. The central feature of this account is a novel concept of consciousness, one that identifies consciousness with affectivity, a property of an idea paradigmatically but not exhaustively instantiated by those modes of thought Spinoza calls affects.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""The Spiritual Automaton""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""1. General Introduction""; ""2. Background""; ""2.1. Ideas""; ""2.2. Inadequate Ideas""; ""2.3. Inadequate Ideas, Essences, and Representation""; ""3. Conclusion of the Introduction""; ""2 Adequate Ideas are Innate""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Challenge""; ""3. Adequacy""; ""3.1. The Common Notions""; ""3.2. God�s Essence""; ""3.3. Particular Essences""; ""4. Innateness""

""4.1. Skepticism Concerning Innateness in Spinoza""""4.2. Leibniz and Spinoza on Innateness""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""3 Power, Conatus, and Affects""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Power of Acting""; ""2.1. Modes of Substance and the Power of Acting""; ""2.2. On Complex Individuals""; ""2.3. Ideas and Power""; ""3. Conatus""; ""3.1. A Tendency to Persevere""; ""3.2. The Tendency in Complex Individuals""; ""4. Affects of the Mind""; ""5. Adequate Ideas and Active Affects""; ""5.1. Rejecting the Human Inadequacy Argument""; ""5.2. Being an Adequate Cause""; ""5.3. Adequacy and Explanation""

""6. Conclusion""""4 Affects and Consciousness""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. A Note on Consciousness Terms in Spinoza""; ""2. Competing Theories""; ""2.1. Ideas of Ideas""; ""2.2. Complexity""; ""2.3. The Power of an Idea""; ""3. A Theory of Consciousness in Spinoza""; ""3.1. What Would a Good Account of Consciousness Look Like?""; ""3.2. Consciousness as Affectivity""; ""3.3. More Than Just Emotions""; ""3.4. The Richness of Affectivity""; ""3.5. Consciousness and Desire""; ""3.6. Affectivity and the Ethical Project""; ""4. Objections""; ""4.1. Avoiding Old Objections""

""4.2. Addressing New Concerns""""4.3. An Evaluation and Summary of the Interpretation""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""5 Moral Psychology and Bondage""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Bondage and Freedom""; ""2.1. Two Senses of Freedom""; ""2.2. Freedom and Action""; ""2.3. Freedom and Living According to Reason""; ""2.4. A Few Conclusions So Far""; ""3. The Mechanisms of Bondage""; ""3.1. The Illusion of Free Will""; ""3.2. Affects and Akrasia""; ""3.3. Mind as Affective Mechanism""; ""3.4. Akrasia in Spinoza""; ""3.5. The Mechanisms of Bondage and Akrasia""; ""4. Conclusion""

""6 Freedom, Therapy, and Salvation""""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Affective Mechanisms of Freedom""; ""2.1. The Mechanisms of Freedom""; ""2.2. Further Mechanisms""; ""3. Blessedness, Salvation, and the Soul""; ""3.1. Our Highest Happiness and Blessedness""; ""3.2. Faith and Salvation""; ""3.3. Consciousness and the Eternity of the Soul""; ""4. Final Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-175895-7

0-19-166301-8

OCLC:

868922365