A companion to Spinoza / / edited by Yitzhak Melamed

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (605 pages)
• Disciplina: 199.492; 100
• Soggetto topico: Philosophers - Netherlands
• Persona (resp. second.): MelamedYitzhak Y. <1968->
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Life and Background -- Chapter 1 Spinoza's Life -- 1. Family -- 2. The Amsterdam Years (1632-ca. 1660) -- 3. Spinoza in Rijnsburg (ca. 1660/61-April 1663) -- 4. Spinoza in Voorburg (April 1663-Winter 1669/70) -- 5. Spinoza in The Hague (1669/70-1677) -- 6. Final Years (1675-1677) -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Spinoza's Philology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Background -- 3. Spinoza's Works -- 4. The Development of Spinoza Philology in Outline -- References -- Chapter 3 Avicenna and Spinoza on Essence and Existence -- 1. From Avicenna to Spinoza -- 2. Essence: The 'Definition' -- 3. Essence and Existence: The Distinction -- 4. God's Essence is Existence -- 5. Essentially Different? -- 6. Conclusion -- References1 -- Chapter 4 Spinoza and Maimonides on True Religion -- 1. Definition of Religion -- 2. The Natural Divine Law and the Summum Bonum -- 3. Two Maimonidean Examples of Divine Commandments -- 4. King Solomon on Wisdom or Scientia -- 5. Why Does a Book on Ethics Begin with Deus? -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Spinoza and Scholastic Philosophy -- 1. The CM as an Intervention in Scholastic Debates -- 2. The Inseparability of God's Will and God's Intellect -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Spinoza and Descartes -- 1. Rewriting Descartes: The Principles of Philosophy -- 2. Going beyond Descartes: Method and Metaphysics -- 3. Transforming Descartes: The Subject of Ethics -- 4. In the Wake of Descartes: The libertas philosophandi -- Notes -- References -- Further Readings -- Chapter 7 Spinoza's Dutch Philosophical Background -- 1. Leiden Scholasticism -- 2. Dutch Cartesianism -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8 Spinoza and Hobbes -- 1. Desire and Causation. ; 2. Emotions and Human Nature -- 3. Value and the State -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Part II Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy -- Chapter 9 Spinoza's Monistic Metaphysics of Substance and Mode -- 1. The Meaning of the Two Theses -- 2. Arguments for the Two Theses -- 3. Spinoza's Uses of the Two Theses -- 4. Contemporary Applications of the Two Theses -- References -- Chapter 10 Spinoza and Eternity -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 11 Spinoza on Causa Sui -- 1. Causa sui in Descartes -- 2. Spinoza's Causa (efficiens) sui -- 3. Defending Causa (efficiens) sui -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12 Spinoza's Physical Picture -- References -- Chapter 13 Spinoza's Mereology -- 1. Modal Parts and Substantial Indivisibility -- 2. Spatial Quantity and Divisibility -- 3. Mereology in the Oldenburg Letter -- References -- Chapter 14 Spinoza's Metaphysics of Time -- 1. Eternity -- 2. Duration -- 3. Time -- 4. Eternity and geometrical construction -- 5. The Mind-Eternity Paradox -- 6. Three Perspectives -- 7. The Time-Eternity Barrier -- 8. Nested Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 15 Spinoza's Infinities -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Infinity as Perfection -- 3. Infinity as Negative Quality -- 4. Infinity as Positive Quality -- 5. Infinity as Universal Quantification -- 6. Summary and Open Questions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 16 Spinoza on Diachronic Identity -- 1. The Leibnizian Challenge -- 2. Material Things and Their Identity -- 3. Mental Things and Their Identity -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 17 Spinoza on Relations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Relations as Beings of Reason -- 3. Relations vs. Universals -- 4. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 18 Spinoza on Numerical Identity and Time -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Puzzle. ; 3. Identity and Discernibility -- 4. Indiscernibility of Identicals -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19 Spinoza on Universals -- 1. Spinoza's Realism -- 2. Spinoza's Nominalism -- 3. Good and Bad Universals -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 20 Spinoza's Ontology of Power -- 1. E1p9: "The More Reality or Being Each Thing Has, The More Attributes Belong to It" -- 2. E1p10: "Every Attribute of a Substance Must be Conceived Through Itself" -- 3. E1p11s: Existence as the Power to Cause, or Produce Effects -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 21 Spinoza's Modal Theory -- 1. God-substance -- 2. Intelligible Necessity -- 3. Textual Evidence for a Non-necessitarianist Reading -- 4. Necessity of Reflective Acts -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 22 Spinoza on Determination -- 1. Introduction -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 23 Spinoza's Physics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Extended Substance -- 3. Causation and Attribute-Neutrality -- 4. The Power of God and the Power of Bodies -- 5. Quantum In Se Est -- 6. Essences -- 7. Universality -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Part III Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, and Psychology -- Chapter 24 Spinoza on Human and Divine Knowledge -- 1. Introduction: The Status of Human Knowledge -- 2. Epistemic Subjectivity and the Human Standpoint -- 3. Human Cognition at Work -- 4. God's Intellect -- References -- Chapter 25 Reflective Knowledge -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Is an Idea of an Idea? -- 3. Knowing that One Knows -- 4. Knowing That One Knows -- 5. Reasoning to Metaphysical Foundations -- 6. Intuiting Metaphysical Foundations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 26 Spinoza Against the Skeptics -- 1. The Kinds of Skeptics Envisaged by Spinoza -- 2. The Common Core of Spinoza's Responses to the Skeptics -- 3. Spinoza's Epistemic Confidence. ; 4. Conclusion: The Anti-/Skeptical Character of Spinoza's Philosophy -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 27 Spinoza on Ideas of Affections -- Introduction -- 1. Sensation in TIE, KV, and CM -- 2. Ideas of Affections: Sensation or Imagination? -- 3. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 28 The Mind-Body Union -- 1. The Nature of Mind and Body Union -- 2. The Equality between Body and Mind -- References -- Chapter 29 Spinoza's Non-Theory of Non-Consciousness -- 1. "Conscious" and "Consciousness" in the Ethics -- 2. Consciousness Examined: Theories of Consciousness in Spinoza -- 3. Returning to The Texts -- 4. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 30 Spinoza on the Passions and the Self -- 1. Deconstructing the Self -- 2. The Affective Field -- 3. Beyond Self and Other -- References -- Chapter 31 The Serpent and the Dove: Spinoza's Two Paths to Enlightenment -- 1. Beginning the Path -- 2. Follow the Yellow Brick Road -- 3. The Serpent -- 4. The Dove -- References -- Part IV Ethics, Politics, and Religion -- Chapter 32 Spinoza's Moral Philosophy -- 1. Good and Bad -- 2. Motivation -- 3. Virtue -- 4. Happiness -- 5. Doing Unto Others -- References -- Chapter 33 Spinoza on the Constitution of Animal Species -- 1. The Limits of Individual Natures -- 2. A First Argument: Commonality and Agreement -- 3. A Second Argument: The Right of Nature -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 34 Essence, Virtue and the State -- 1. Essence and Knowledge -- 2. Freedom and Unity -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 35 Law and Dissolution of Law in Spinoza -- References -- Chapter 36 Spinoza's Notion of Freedom -- 1. Imagination as a Power -- 2. Imagination, Emulation, and the Free Man -- References -- Chapter 37 Spinoza's "Republican Idea of Freedom" -- 1. Introduction. ; 2. Spinoza's Republican Critique of Hobbesian Sovereignty -- 3. Criticisms of the Republican Idea of Freedom -- 4. Spinoza's Response to His Critics -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 38 Spinoza and Economics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spinoza and the Political Problem of Luxury -- 3. Spinoza's Mechanism Design -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 39 Spinoza and Feminism -- 1. Spinoza's Anti-Individualism -- 2. The Conatus Doctrine -- 3. Anti-dualism -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 40 Spinoza and International Law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lauterpacht's Arguments Against Spinoza's Political Theory as a Robust Basis of International Law -- 3. Spinoza's Statements on International Relations in Light of the Ethical Project -- 4. Concluding Remarks: Towards a Spinozistic Foundation of International Law -- References -- Chapter 41 The Intellectual Love of God -- References -- Chapter 42 Spinoza and Scripture -- 1. The Paradox of a Work Saturated with Scriptural References -- 2. Why Interpret the Bible? -- 3. The Method and Its Results -- 4. Evaluation -- Bibliography -- Part V Aesthetics and Language -- Chapter 43 Spinoza's Aesthetics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Anti-Realist Interpretations -- 3. Realist Interpretations -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 44 Following Traces in the Sand: Spinoza on Semiotics -- 1. Ontological Premises -- 2. The Semiosis of Imagination -- 3. Facies Totius Universi -- References -- Chapter 45 Spinoza and the Grammar of the Hebrew Language -- 1. Sources -- 2. Structure and Contents of the Work -- 3. Philosophical Import of the CGH -- References -- Part VI Spinoza's Reception -- Chapter 46 Leibniz and Spinoza on Plenitude and Necessity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Spinoza's Attributes to Leibnizian Possible Worlds. ; 3. Leibniz's Reply to Necessitarianism: per se Possibility and Essence.
• Titolo autorizzato: Companion to Spinoza
• ISBN: 1-119-53866-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell companions to philosophy ; ; Volume 75.