Desire and Affect. Spinoza as Psychologist. Spinoza by 2000 - The Jerusalem Conferences, Ethica III

The Present Book Is Meant To Express The Diversity Of Interpretation Of Spinoza's Theory And To Examine Critically The Relevance Of Spinoza's Ideas To Contemporary Issues And Debates (in Philosophy, Psychology, And Even Economics). Donald Davidson's Essay, Which Offers A Davidsonian Version Of Spinoza's View Of The Affects And The Mind-body Relation, Provides One Such Contemporary Interpretation. The Book Also Contains Other Attempts To Reinterpret Spinoza In Light Of Later Problems And Insights.--book Jacket. Section I Conatus And Other Basics -- Teleology And Spinoza's Doctrine Of Final Causes / Charles Jarrett 3 -- Spinoza's Refutation Of Interactionism: Remarks On Proposition 2 Of Part Iii Of Spinoza's Ethics / Konrad Cramer 25 -- Transcending Mere Survival: From Conatus To Conatus Intelligendi / Yirmiyahu Yovel 45 -- The Conatus And The Mutual Relationship Between Active And Passive Affects In Spinoza / Michael Schrijvers 63 -- Res Nobis Similis: Desire And The Double In Spinoza / Osamu Ueno 81 -- Section Ii Affects, Body, And Mind -- Spinoza's Causal Theory Of The Affects / Donald Davidson 95 -- Nostri Corporis Affectus: Can An Affect In Spinoza Be 'of The Body'? / Jean-marie Beyssade 113 -- The Theory Of The Affects In The Strategy Of Spinoza's Ethics / Emilia Giancotti 129 -- Emotions And Change: A Spinozistic Account / Aaron Ben-ze'ev 139 -- Action In Spinoza's Account Of Affectivity / Lee C. Rice 155 -- Human Affects As Properties Of Cognitions In Spinoza's Philosophical Psychotherapy / Amihud Gilead 169 -- Affect Of The Body And Socialization / Myriam R. D'allonnes 183 -- Section Iii Historical Perspectives -- The Passions According To Lodewijk Meyer: Between Descartes And Spinoza / Piet Steenbakkers 193 -- The Spinoza-nietzsche Problem / Richard Schacht 211 -- Section Iv Further Contemporary Perspectives -- Spinoza And Current Theory Of Emotion / Nico H. Frijda 235 -- Spinoza And Micro-economics / Michiel A. Keyzer 265. Edited By Yirmiyahu Yovel. Organized By The Jerusalem Spinoza Institute In Cooperation With The Hebrew University's Spinoza Research Program--p. Xv. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents ......Page 6 Preface and Acknowledgments ......Page 8 Abbreviations and Bibliographical Information ......Page 11 Section I. Conatits and Other Basics ......Page 13 Charles Jarrett - Teleology and Spinoza's Doctrine of Final Causes......Page 14 Konrad Cramer - Spinoza's Refutation of Interactionism: Remarks on Proposition 2 of Part III of Spinoza's Ethics ......Page 35 Yirmiyahu Yovel - Transcending Mere Survival: From Conatus to Conatus Intelligendi ......Page 54 Michael Schrijvers - The Conatus and the Mutual Relationship Between Active and Passive Affects in Spinoza ......Page 71 Osamu Ueno - Res Nobis Similis: Desire and the Double in Spinoza ......Page 89 Section II. Affects, Body, and Mind......Page 100 Donald Davidson Spinoza's Causal Theory of the Affects......Page 101 Jean-Marie Beyssade - Nostri Corporis Affectus: Can an Affect in Spinoza be 'of the Body' ......Page 118 Emilia Giancotti - The Theory of the Affects in the Strategy of Spinoza's Ethics ......Page 134 Aaron Ben-Ze'ev - Emotions and Change: A Spinozistic Account ......Page 144 Lee C. Rice - Action in Spinoza's Account of Affectivity ......Page 160 Amihud Gilead - Human Affects as Properties of Cognitions in Spinoza's Philosophical Psychotherapy ......Page 174 Myriam d'Allonnes - Affect of the Body and Socialization ......Page 187 Section III. Historical Perspectives ......Page 195 Piet Steenbakkers - The Passions According to Lodewijk Meyer: Between Descartes and Spinoza ......Page 196 Richard Schacht - The Spinoza-Nietzsche Problem ......Page 214 Section IV. Further Contemporary Perspectives......Page 236 Nico H. Frijda - Spinoza and Current Theory of Emotion......Page 237 Michiel A. Keyzer - Spinoza and Micro-Economics ......Page 267 List of Contributors ......Page 284 Index ......Page 285 International scholars provide one of the few comprehensive accounts of Spinoza's rational psychology and its major themes and wide-ranging influence. Provides one of the few comprehensive accounts of Spinoza's rational psychology and its major themes and influence.