The spiritual automaton: Spinoza's science of the mind

Marshall provides a systematic account of Spinoza's philosophy of mind. He presents Spinoza's concept of the mind as affective mechanism, one that, when rational, behaves as a spiritual automaton. The central feature of this account is a novel concept of consciousness, one that identifies...

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1. Verfasser: Marshall, Eugene (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:Marshall provides a systematic account of Spinoza's philosophy of mind. He presents Spinoza's concept of the mind as affective mechanism, one that, when rational, behaves as a spiritual automaton. The central feature of this account is a novel concept of consciousness, one that identifies consciousness with affectivity, a property of an idea paradigmatically but not exhaustively instantiated by those modes of thought Spinoza calls affects
ISBN:9780191758959
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199675531.001.0001

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