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Há 6 dias · “In seeking the sense of scripture,” writes Spinoza in chapter seven of his Theological-Political Treatise, “we must take care especially not to be blinded by our own reasoning” (TTP VII 100). 1 He advises against conflating the meaning of a text with “the truth of things,” and recommends that we reconstruct a text’s meaning “only from its use of the language or from reasoning ...
Há 1 dia · Spinoza's philosophy encompasses nearly every area of philosophical discourse, including metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. With an enduring reputation as one of the most original and influential thinkers of the seventeenth century, Rebecca Goldstein dubbed him "the ...
3 de mai. de 2024 · Leibniz is famous for being arguably the last polymath in history; for being, with Descartes and Spinoza, one of the three great representatives of early modern rationalism; for being, with Sir Isaac Newton, a coinventor of the calculus; and for advancing the much-derided view that the actual world is the “best of all possible ...
Há 3 dias · A page from Leibniz's manuscript of the Monadology. Leibniz's best known contribution to metaphysics is his theory of monads, as exposited in Monadologie. He proposes his theory that the universe is made of an infinite number of simple substances known as monads.
16 de mai. de 2024 · Berkeley, George (1713), Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous. Descartes, René (1641), Meditations on First Philosophy. Gettier, Edmund (1963), ‘Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?’ Hume, David (1748), An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Sections 2 and 4 (part 1)
Há 2 dias · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) introduced the concept of possible worlds and articulated a metaphysical system, known as monadology, that understands the universe as a collection of simple substances that are synchronized without causally interacting with one another.
16 de mai. de 2024 · He also wrote “Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous,” which further explores his philosophy of idealism. 8. What is Berkeley’s influence on philosophy? Berkeley’s philosophy has had a lasting impact, particularly in the fields of idealism and the philosophy of mind. His views on perception and the nature of reality continue to be ...
