Representation and the mind-body problem in Spinoza [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Della Rocca

• Autore: Della Rocca Michael
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 128.2092; 128/.2/092
• Soggetto topico: Mind and body - History - 17th century; Representation (Philosophy) - History - 17th century; Philosophy of mind - History - 17th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; One: Introduction; Two: Parallelism and Individuals; Three: The Mind-Relativity of Content; Four: Holism and the Causal Requirement on Representation; Five: The Essence Requirement on Representation; Six: Falsity; Seven: ""One and the Same Thing""; Eight: Spinoza, Opacity, and the Mind-Body Problem; Nine: Attributes and Identity; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This first extensive study of Spinoza's philosophy of mind concentrates on two problems crucial to the philosopher's thoughts on the matter: the requirements for having a thought about a particular object, and the problem of the mind's relation to the body. Della Rocca contends that Spinoza's positions are systematically connected with each other and with a principle at the heart of his metaphysical system: his denial of causal or explanatory relations between the mental and the physical. In this way, Della Rocca's exploration of these two problems provides a new and illuminating perspective o
• Titolo autorizzato: Representation and the mind-body problem in Spinoza
• ISBN: 0-19-773154-6; 1-280-45107-6; 0-19-535731-0; 0-585-36391-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778896803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II