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Being and reason : an essay on Spinoza's metaphysics / Martin Lin.
LIBRA B3999.M45 L56 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lin, Martin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
- Spinoza, Benedictus de.
- Metaphysics.
- Physical Description:
- x, 200 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 Spinoza's Starting Points p. 5
- Why the Geometrical Method? p. 6
- The Nature of the Definitions p. 7
- The Nature of the Axioms p. 9
- Approaching the Proto-Philosophy p. 11
- The Content of the Metaphysical Definitions p. 16
- The Content of the Theological Definitions p. 19
- The Axioms p. 23
- The Proto-Philosophy p. 26
- 2 Substance p. 30
- Historical Precedents: Aristotle p. 30
- Historical Precedents: Descartes p. 32
- The Argument for the Necessary Existence of Substance p. 35
- Causation and Similarity p. 36
- Similarity and Attributes p. 40
- No Two Substances Can Share an Attribute p. 41
- The Necessary Existence of Substance p. 47
- The Existence of Substance: An Alternative Argument p. 50
- 3 God p. 53
- The Necessary Existence of God: The First Argument p. 54
- The Necessary Existence of God: The Second Argument p. 57
- The Necessary Existence of God: The Third Argument p. 66
- The Necessary Existence of God: The Fourth Argument p. 68
- Monism p. 72
- 4 The Attributes p. 74
- What is an Attribute? p. 75
- Distinctions of Reason p. 79
- Contrasts with Subjectivist and Objectivist Interpretations p. 81
- The Parallelism p. 85
- The Explanatory Barrier Between the Attributes p. 88
- Objections and Replies p. 91
- What is the Difference Between Thought and Extension? p. 92
- Conclusion: Materialism, Idealism, and Monism p. 100
- 5 Modes p. 102
- Modes as Universals p. 102
- Objections to the Interpretation of Modes as Universals p. 104
- Modes as Particular Accidents p. 106
- Modes vs. Real Accidents p. 111
- What the Modes Really Are p. 112
- Infinite Modes p. 115
- Not Every Condition is a Modemaker p. 116
- The Advantages of Spinoza's Account p. 117
- Clarification of the Notion of an Object p. 120
- Textual Evidence p. 122
- What is Inherence? p. 123
- Why are Modes Conceived through Their Subjects? p. 126
- Are the Modes Real? p. 128
- Appendix: On Melamed's Attack on the Property/Thing Distinction p. 134
- 6 The Conatus Doctrine p. 137
- The Meaning of the Conatus Doctrine p. 138
- Spinoza's Argument for the Conatus Doctrine p. 145
- Conatus and Teleology p. 150
- Appendix: On Carriero's Anti-Teleological Interpretation p. 158
- 7 Metaphysical Rationalism p. 164
- Spinoza's PSR p. 165
- Necessitarianism p. 169
- Causal and Conceptual Dependence p. 175
- The Identity of Indiscernibles p. 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Lin, Martin. Being and reason.
- ISBN:
- 0198834152
- 9780198834151
- OCLC:
- 1078720512
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