Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. This article considers the relation of spinozas thought to the project in descartes of providing new foundations for philosophy. Wildcard searching if you want to search for multiple variations of a word, you can substitute a special symbol called a wildcard for one or more letters. In his spinoza, michael della rocca has performed a service for those seeking a thorough, accessible and engaging overview of spinozas life and philosophy. Michael della rocca causation and spinozas claim of identity. Representation and the mindbody problem in spinoza book. Jun 25, 2008 buy spinoza the routledge philosophers 1 by della rocca, michael isbn. This book promised to bring together the many aspects of della roccas interpretation, with the psr serving as the guiding thread. Here he discusses whether metaphysics is useful, the principle of identicals, the monism of parmenides, parmenidean ascent, its impact on theories of knowledge, whether quine and davidson were parmenidean.
Michael della rocca born 1962 is an american philosopher and historian, specialized in the history of modern philosophy, metaphysics and philosophy of mind. Reviews in his spinoza, michael della rocca has performed a service for those seeking a thorough, accessible and engaging overview of spinozas life and philosophy. Michael della rocca spinozas argument for the identity theory. Beginning with an overview of spinozas life, michael della rocca carefully unpacks and explains spinozas. Beginning with an overview of spinozas life, michael della rocca more. Michael della rocca did a good job of making spinoza a little more accessible while retaining many of the technical aspects of spinozas use of the psr. Over the past fifteen years or so, della rocca has produced an impressive range of material on spinoza that is widely admired for.
The oxford handbook of spinoza michael della rocca oxford handbooks. Michael della rocca is andrew downey orrick professor of philosophy at yale university. As in the rest of the book, della rocca does more than describe spinoza s views and attempt to make them sound plausible. Excerpt i have found spinoza s philosophy of mind to be a fascinating and rewarding subject of philosophical inquiry. Michael della rocca providing a clear introduction to a daunting philosopher, this book serves as a starting point for anyone coming to spinoza s thought for the first time. Michael della rocca this book offers a powerful new reading of spinozas philosophy of mind, the aspect of spinozas thought often regarded as the most profound and perplexing. Nelson his book is held in high regard by philosophers, and its easy to understand why. Aug 20, 2008 in his spinoza, michael della rocca has performed a service for those seeking a thorough, accessible and engaging overview of spinozas life and philosophy. By michael della rocca spinoza the routledge philosophers by michael della rocca renowned for his metaphysics, spinoza made significant contributions to understanding the human mind, the emotions, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. He is the author of representation and the mindbody problem in spinoza 1996, spinoza 2008, and numerous articles in contemporary metaphysics and in early modern philosophy. For example, michael della roccas recent book, spinoza, interprets spinozas system from the perspective of the principle of sufficient reason, which appears in the second axiom of part one and, more clearly, a few pages later in the 11 th proposition, allowing him a powerful and informative lens with which to view spinoza. A prime virtue of the book is that it provides just enough biographical and historical background to make the philosophy come alive and to reveal what a dramatic work spinozas treatise is.
For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes. Read spinoza by michael della rocca available from rakuten kobo. It will be a valuable resource for students and scholars alike della rocca has assembled an admirable collection of essays. The oxford handbook of spinoza michael della rocca. Over the past fifteen years or so, della rocca has produced an impressive range of. He contends that for spinoza these two problems are linked and thus part of a systematic philosophy of mind. Michael della rocca is professor and chair of philosophy at yale university. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one.
Excerpt i have found spinozas philosophy of mind to be a fascinating and rewarding subject of philosophical inquiry. Renowned for his metaphysics, spinoza made significant contributions to understanding. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Michael della rocca this first extensive study of spinoza s philosophy of mind concentrates on two problems crucial to the philosophers thoughts on the matter. Michael della rocca has written a book on spinoza that most definitely puts him toward the rational reconstructionist end of this continuum, stressing as it does connections between spinoza, on the one hand, and quine and davidson, on the other. Michael della rocca providing a clear introduction to a daunting philosopher, this book serves as a starting point for anyone coming to spinozas thought for the first time. As the name suggests, the book is about the philosophy of baruch spinoza, the 17th. This volume is distinctive in the range of topics it covers on spinoza and in the way it systematically details spinozas influence on later philosophers and on philosophical movements. Such a unification of explanatory principles is the heart of. Think, for example, how recent meta physical views of time have been shaped by relativity theory and the sup porting empirical data. Spinozas criticism of descartes substance dualism essay. Michael della rocca, spinoza, routledge, 2008, 341pp. Representation and the mindbody problem in spinoza.
Della rocca s edited volume offers notable contributions to our understanding of spinoza and his place in the history of philosophy. Spinozas own view is one according to which human beings and the rest of reality are not explained in such different ways, according to which human beings and all else operate according to the same laws. In this way, della rocca s exploration of these two problems provides a new and illuminating perspective on spinoza s philosophy as a system. Oxford handbook of spinoza oxford handbooks by michael della rocca hardcover mint condition. He is the author of representation and the mind body problem in spinoza, and our. Michael della rocca, editor michael della rocca is andrew downey orrick professor of philosophy at yale university. Dec 26, 2011 amongst the proliferation of recent works in the same genre introductorylevel monographs on a philosopher few have garnered as much anticipation and interest among scholars as michael della roccas spinoza. He contends that for spinoza these two problems are linked and thus part of a. Renowned for his metaphysics, spinoza made significant contributions to understanding the human mind, the emotions, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. Spinoza ebook by michael della rocca 97814456369 rakuten. He builds a controversial, detailed, wellstructured interpretation of spinozas parallelism, his theory of ideas, and his responses to cartesian theories about mind and body and about human mental faculties. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. Moreover, his book exhibits the sort of analytic rigour and.
Spinoza edition 1 by michael della rocca 9780415283304. Until recently, spinozas standing in anglophone studies of philosophy has been relatively low and has only seemed to confirm friedrich heinrich jacobis assessment of him as a dead dog. Spinoza by michael della rocca, 9780415283304, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Following a consideration of this reconstruction that highlights the ways in which its views.
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There are still many nuts and bolts that fit together in enigmatic configurations, but things should be a little more clear after reading. Most of it consists of an analytic discussion of spinozas ideas and how they were interpreted and misinterpreted by later commentators. Spinoza by michael della rocca one of recent books in the routledge philosophers series of introduction to the great western philosophers is spinoza by the yale professor michael della rocca. The importance of this relation is indicated by the fact that spinozas first published work is a reconstruction of portions of descartess principia philosophiae. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. The seven best books on or by spinoza the daily idea. This essay supports a socalled identificationoriented interpretation of the argument for substance monism. So, if this principle mind and body dependence to god for their existence is taken seriously, the rational conclusion would be that they cant be substances according to descartes own account. Representation and the mindbody problem in spinoza michael. Oct 26, 2017 buy the oxford handbook of spinoza oxford handbooks by della rocca, michael isbn. The oxford handbook of spinoza michael della rocca ed. Over the past fifteen years or so, della rocca has produced an impressive range of material on spinoza that is widely admired for its clarity and ingenuity. Michael della rocca professor of philosophy, yale university author of spinoza spinoza comes alive for young and less young readers alike in devra lehmanns spinoza.
However, an exuberant outburst of excellent scholarship on spinoza has of late come to dominate work. Michael della rocca this first extensive study of spinozas philosophy of mind concentrates on two problems crucial to the philosophers thoughts on the matter. Beginning with an overview of spinoza s life, michael della rocca carefully unpacks and explains spinoza s philosophy. Jan 10, 2019 beginning with an overview of spinozas life, michael della rocca carefully unpacks and explains spinozas philosophy. It argues that certain features of spinozas notion of attributes enable him to defend his argument for substance monism from a number of. This volume is distinctive in the range of topics it covers on spinoza and in the way it systematically details spinoza s influence on later philosophers and on philosophical movements. Beginning with an overview of spinozas life, michael della rocca carefully unpacks and explains spinozas philosophy. The books central theme, the prominence and systematic.
Spinoza 1st edition michael della rocca routledge book. The oxford handbook of spinoza by michael della rocca. Ethics, i, p6 michael della rocca, in his book spinoza2008 has a good explanation of this. He builds a controversial, detailed, wellstructured interpretation of spinoza s parallelism, his theory of ideas, and his responses to cartesian theories about mind and body and about human mental faculties.
Amongst the proliferation of recent works in the same genre introductorylevel monographs on a philosopher few have garnered as much anticipation and interest among scholars as michael della roccas spinoza. Spinoza the routledge philosophers kindle edition by. As in the rest of the book, della rocca does more than describe spinozas views and attempt to make them sound plausible. Lehmann deftly interweaves spinozas philosophy with the story of his life and times, explaining how his thinking evolved against the backdrop of. Michael della rocca is interested in the history of modern philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and is a leading authority on spinoza. Della rocca concentrates on two problems crucial to spinoza s philosophy of mind. Representation and the mindbody problem in spinoza, by.
History of modern philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of mind. Edwin curley descartes, spinoza and the ethics of belief. It emphasizes the conceptual barrier between different attributes and the conceptualindependence condition in the definition of substance. He is the author of representation and the mindbody problem in spinoza oxford 1996, spinoza routledge 2008, and numerous articles in contemporary metaphysics and in early modern philosophy. Until recently, spinoza s standing in anglophone studies of philosophy has been relatively low and has only seemed to confirm friedrich heinrich jacobis assessment of him as a dead dog.
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