The unconscious of thought in Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume / Gil Morejón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morejón, Gil, author.

Series:

Cycles (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Cycles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Hume, David.

Subconsciousness.

Thought and thinking.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Three early modern philosophers - Spinoza, Leibniz and Hume - understood that minds necessarily involve ideas and patterns of thinking that are not conscious. Morejón shows that in this way they sharply distinguish themselves from other major early modern thinkers whose conceptions of the mind tended to identify thinking with consciousness, such as Descartes, Malebranche and Locke.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Reference Conventions

Introduction: Involuntarism and Philosophy

1 The Obscure Dust of the World: The Unconscious of Perception in Leibniz

2 Inevitable and Persistent Inadequacies: The Unconscious of Ideas in Spinoza

3 Deteriora Sequor: The Unconscious of Desire in Spinoza

4 The Gravity of Ideas: The Unconscious of Habit in Hume

Conclusion: Obscurity and Involvement

Bibliography

Table of References to Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume

Index of Names

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2023).

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ISBN:

9781399504836

1399504835

9781399504829

1399504827

OCLC:

1346095745