Jason Waller

Persistence through Time in Spinoza (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216300786
• Artikelnr.: 74399644

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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