Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz: The Concept of Substance in Seventeenth Century Metaphysics

ISBN-13: 9780415090223 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 228 str.

Roger Woolhouse

Opis

In the course of the book, Roger Woolhouse provides a systematic treatment of the central metaphysical views of these important and interrelated philosophers, considering their areas of agreement and disagreement. Going beyond the conventional classification of the three as the rationalists, he explores their accounts of what is real and how this lies at the heart of their philosophies. In particular, he shows how they provided the conceptual foundation to the 17th-century science of mechanics.

Recenzje

'...intelligent and often subtle introduction to rationalist metaphysics...a pleasure to read and demonstrates command of a great wealth of material.' - The Philosophical Review

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Editions and abbreviations, 1. Introduction, 2. Descartes and Substance, 3. Spinoza and Substance, 4. Leibniz and Substance, 5. Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and Extended Substance, 6. Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and the Mechanics of Extended Substance, 7. Causation, Occasionalism and Force, 8. Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and Thinking Substance, 9. Extended Substance and Thinking Substance related: ‘the nature of the union between body and mind’, 10. Uncreated and Created Substance: God and the World, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Woolhouse, Roger