Mind, Body, and Morality New Perspectives on Descartes and Spinoza
Reuter, Martina
Mind, Body, and Morality New Perspectives on Descartes and Spinoza - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2019 - 1 online resource
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The turn of the millennium has been marked by new developments in the study of early modern philosophy. In particular, the philosophy of René Descartes has been reinterpreted in a number of important and exciting ways, specifically concerning his work on the mind-body union, the connection between objective and formal reality, and his status as a moral philosopher. These fresh interpretations have coincided with a renewed interest in overlooked parts of the Cartesian corpus and a sustained focus on the similarities between Descartes' thought and the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Mind, Body, and Morality consists of fifteen chapters written by scholars who have contributed significantly to the new turn in Descartes and Spinoza scholarship. The volume is divided into three parts. The first group of chapters examines different metaphysical and epistemological problems raised by the Cartesian mind-body union. Part II investigates Descartes' and Spinoza's understanding of the relations between ideas, knowledge, and reality. Special emphasis is put on Spinoza's conception of the relation between activity and passivity. Finally, the last part explores different aspects of Descartes' moral philosophy, connecting his views to important predecessors, Augustine and Abelard, and comparing them to Spinoza.
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9780815384946 9781032093529 9781351202831
Mind and body.
Mind and body
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern.
Philosophy and Religion
Philosophy
Western philosophy from c 1800
Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
Abelard activity Arto Repo Augustine Baruch Spinoza Calvin Normore Cartesian cognition Deborah Brown Denis Kambouchner essence constitution evil François Poulain de la Barre Frans Svensson good ideas intuition John Carriero Karolina Hübner knowledge Leibniz Lilli Alanen Lisa Shapiro Martina Reuter Meditations Mikko Yrjönsuuri mind-body union morality non-embodied vision Olli Koistinen Optics passivity personal identity Peter Myrdal reality René Descartes res extensa self-consciousness sensory perception solid contentment the self Tomas Ekenberg Valtteri Viljanen virtue wisdom
Mind, Body, and Morality New Perspectives on Descartes and Spinoza - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2019 - 1 online resource
Free-to-read
The turn of the millennium has been marked by new developments in the study of early modern philosophy. In particular, the philosophy of René Descartes has been reinterpreted in a number of important and exciting ways, specifically concerning his work on the mind-body union, the connection between objective and formal reality, and his status as a moral philosopher. These fresh interpretations have coincided with a renewed interest in overlooked parts of the Cartesian corpus and a sustained focus on the similarities between Descartes' thought and the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Mind, Body, and Morality consists of fifteen chapters written by scholars who have contributed significantly to the new turn in Descartes and Spinoza scholarship. The volume is divided into three parts. The first group of chapters examines different metaphysical and epistemological problems raised by the Cartesian mind-body union. Part II investigates Descartes' and Spinoza's understanding of the relations between ideas, knowledge, and reality. Special emphasis is put on Spinoza's conception of the relation between activity and passivity. Finally, the last part explores different aspects of Descartes' moral philosophy, connecting his views to important predecessors, Augustine and Abelard, and comparing them to Spinoza.
Open licence
eng
9780815384946 9781032093529 9781351202831
Mind and body.
Mind and body
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern.
Philosophy and Religion
Philosophy
Western philosophy from c 1800
Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
Abelard activity Arto Repo Augustine Baruch Spinoza Calvin Normore Cartesian cognition Deborah Brown Denis Kambouchner essence constitution evil François Poulain de la Barre Frans Svensson good ideas intuition John Carriero Karolina Hübner knowledge Leibniz Lilli Alanen Lisa Shapiro Martina Reuter Meditations Mikko Yrjönsuuri mind-body union morality non-embodied vision Olli Koistinen Optics passivity personal identity Peter Myrdal reality René Descartes res extensa self-consciousness sensory perception solid contentment the self Tomas Ekenberg Valtteri Viljanen virtue wisdom
