This book introduces student to the three major figures of modern philosophy known as the rationalists. It is not for complete beginners, but it is an accessible account of their thought. By concerning itself with metaphysics, and in particular substance, the book relates an important historical debate largely neglected by the contemporary debates in the once again popular area of traditional metaphysics. in philosophy.
This book introduces student to the three major figures of modern philosophy known as the rationalists. It is not for complete beginners, but it is an accessible account of their thought. By concerning itself with metaphysics, and in particular substance, the book relates an important historical debate largely neglected by the contemporary debates in the once again popular area of traditional metaphysics. in philosophy.
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
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
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'...intelligent and often subtle introduction to rationalist metaphysics...a pleasure to read and demonstrates command of a great wealth of material.' - The Philosophical Review
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