, to see if you have full access to this publication.
Monograph No access
Persistence Through Time in Spinoza
Authors:
Publisher:
2012
Summary
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.
Keywords
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Edition
1/2012
Copyright Year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-7002-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-7003-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
126
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 Spinoza and the Problem of Persistence No access Pages 1 - 16
2 The Infinite Intellect and the Case for Eternalism No access Pages 17 - 34
3 Human Perception and the Illusion of Temporal Passage No access Pages 35 - 58
4 Conatus and a Temporal Parts Metaphysics No access Pages 59 - 82
5 The 3D/4D Tension in Spinoza’s Metaphysics No access Pages 83 - 96
6 The Persistence of Bodies No access Pages 97 - 114
