Persistence through Time in Spinoza - Jason Waller

Persistence through Time in Spinoza

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Buch | Hardcover
134 Seiten
2012
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-7002-1 (ISBN)
108,45 inkl. MwSt
This book is the first book-length study of the nature of time and persistence in Spinoza. It will be of interest to anyone interested in Modern Philosophy or Metaphysics.
This book concerns the nature of time and ordinary cases of persistence in Spinoza. The author argues for three major interpretive claims. First, that Spinoza is committed to an eternalist theory of time whereby all things (whether they seem to be past, present, or future) are equally real. Second, that a mode’s conatus or essence is a self-maintaining activity (not an inertial force or disposition.) Third, that modes persist through time in Spinoza’s metaphysics by having temporal parts (that is, different parts at different times.) If the author is correct, then a significant reinterpretation of Spinoza’s modal metaphysics is required. The book also puts Spinoza into dialogue with some recent work in analytic metaphysics.

Jason Waller is an assistant professor of philosophy at Eastern Illinois University. He has recently published articles on Spinoza in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Journal of Philosophical Research, and Iyyun: The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly among others. He works primarily on Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, and Political Philosophy.

Chapter One: Spinoza and the Problem of Persistence
Chapter Two: The Infinite Intellect and the Case for Eternalism
Chapter Three: Human Perception and the Illusion of Temporal Passage
Chapter Four: Conatus and a Temporal Parts Metaphysic
Chapter Five: The 3D/4D Tension in Spinoza’s Metaphysics
Chapter Six: The Persistence of Bodies

Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 234 mm
Gewicht 381 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik / Ontologie
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie des Mittelalters
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10 0-7391-7002-3 / 0739170023
ISBN-13 978-0-7391-7002-1 / 9780739170021
Zustand Neuware
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