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The importance of Spinoza for the modern philosophy of science : can the revival of Spinoza's naturalism refute cultural relativism? /
The question raised in this book is why Spinoza's work which comes so close to the modern view of natural science is not prominent in the social sciences. The answer suggested is that this is due to the lingering influence of the Cartesian differentiation between the domain of science, dealing...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt : Piscataway, NJ :
Ontos Verlag ; [Distributed in] North and South America by Transaction Books,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWORD: THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK.; INTRODUCTION; Chapter I: SPINOZA'S METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; Chapter II: THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN A COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE AND A COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURE OF NATURE.; CHAPTER III: THE NECESSARY DISTINCTION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND A PRESUPPOSED POINT OF VIEW; CHAPTER IV: THE STRUCTURAL VIEW; CHAPTER V: THE NOTION OF ESSENCE IN MODERN SCIENCE.; Chapter VI: INTUITION, CERTAINTY AND INNATE IDEAS.; CHAPTER VII: CHOICE, FREE WILL AND THE POWER OF THE MIND.; CHAPTER VIII: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN APPEAL TO REASON AND RATIONALITY.
- CHAPTER IX: AN INTERMEZZO
- ON IMAGINATION AND REASON, METAPHORS AND LOGICAL ANALYSIS.CHAPTER X: NOTE ON THE TIMING OF THE INVERSION OF THE CARTESIAN VIEW; CHAPTER XI: POLITICAL FREEDOM.; CHAPTER XII: THE INDIRECT EFFECT OF REASON ON CULTURE.; PART I; PART II.; CHAPTER XIII: THE ASSUMED CENTRAL ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN SOCIAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY.; CHAPTER XIV: A MODERN VIEW IN THE SPIRIT OF SPINOZA.; CONCLUDING REMARKS.; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index