Representation and the Mind-Body Problem in Spinoza

by Michael Della Rocca

This first extensive study of Spinoza's philosophy of mind concentrates on two problems crucial to the philosopher's thoughts on the matter: the requirements for having a thought about a particular object, and the problem of the mind's relation to the body. Della Rocca contends that Spinoza's positions are systematically connected with each other and with a principle at the heart of his metaphysical system: his denial of causal or explanatory relations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195095626
• ISBN13: 9780195095623
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"