β Scribed by Carlos Fraenkel, Dario Perinetti, Justin E.H. Smith (auth.), Carlos Fraenkel, Dario Perinetti, Justin E. H. Smith (eds.)
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This volume draws a balanced picture of the Rationalists by bringing their intellectual contexts, sources and full range of interests into sharper focus, without neglecting their core commitment to the epistemological doctrine that earned them their traditional label. The collection of original essays addresses topics ranging from theodicy and early modern music theory to Spinozaβs anti-humanism, often critically revising important aspects of the received picture of the Rationalists. Another important contribution of the volume is that it brings out aspects of Rationalist philosophers and their legacies that are not ordinarily associated with them, such as the project of a Cartesian ethics. Finally, a strong emphasis is placed on the connection of the Rationalistsβ philosophy to their interests in empirical science, to their engagement in the political life of their era, and to the religious background of many of their philosophical commitments.
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Descartes on Human Nature and the Human Good....Pages 13-26
Spinoza on Philosophy and Religion: The Averroistic Sources....Pages 27-43
Music, Mechanics and βMixed Mathematicsβ....Pages 45-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Ethics in Descartes and Seventeenth Century Cartesian Textbooks....Pages 67-75
Louis Bourguet and the Model of Organic Bodies....Pages 77-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
βNemo non videtβ: Intuitive Knowledge and the Question of Spinozaβs Elitism....Pages 101-122
Rationalism Versus Subjective Experience: The Problem of the Two Minds in Spinoza....Pages 123-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Spinozaβs Anti-Humanism: An Outline....Pages 147-166
Spinoza, Leibniz, and the Gods of Philosophy....Pages 167-182
Leibniz on Infinite Beings and Non-beings....Pages 183-199
Grounding the Principle of Sufficient Reason: Leibnizian Rationalism and the Humean Challenge....Pages 201-219
Back Matter....Pages 221-224
History of Philosophy; History of Science; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Nature; Philosophy of Science
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