Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz

The Concept of Substance in Seventeenth Century Metaphysics

Roger Woolhouse (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

1993
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-09022-3 (ISBN)

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'This book is both a fine introduction to the metaphysics of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz and a rich, wide-ranging study of the interaction between physics and metaphysics in the seventeenth century.' - Kenneth P Winkler, Wellesley College

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.

Woolhouse, Roger

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.1993
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	317 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	0-415-09022-9 / 0415090229
ISBN-13	978-0-415-09022-3 / 9780415090223
Zustand	Neuware