Spinoza (The International Library of Critical Essays in the History of Philosophy AUTHOR:)

1. The Identity Of Thought And Object In Spinoza / Richard E. Aquila -- 2. Causation And Spinoza's Claim Of Identity / Michael Della Rocca -- 3. Spinoza's Demonstration Of Monism: A New Line Of Defense / Mark A. Kulstad -- 4. Spinoza's Causal Likeness Principle / Harold Zellner -- 5. On The Problem Of Infinite Modes / Emilia Giancotti -- 6. Spinoza's Temporal Argument For Actualism / Harold Zellner -- 7. Spinoza's Theory Of Ideas / Daisie Radner -- 8. Ideas Of Ideas And Certainty In The Tractatus De Intellectus Emendatione And In The Ethics / Alexandre Matheron -- 9. Spinoza On Truth / Edwin Curley -- 10. Spinoza On Error / Jonathan Bennett -- 11. The Second Kind Of Knowledge And The Removal Of Error / Yirmiyahu Yovel -- 12. Spinoza's Distinction Between Rational And Intuitive Knowledge / Spencer Carr -- 13. Infinite Understanding, Scientia Intuitiva, And Ethics I.16 / Margaret D. Wilson -- 14. Spinoza's Denial Of Mind-body Interaction And The Explanation Of Human Action / Charles Jarrett -- 15. Tanquam Naturae Humanae Exemplar: Spinoza On Human Nature / Lee C. Rice -- 16. Spinoza's Individualism Reconsidered: Some Lessons From The Short Treatise On God, Man, And His Well-being / Heidi M. Ravven -- 17. Beyond Subjectivity: Spinoza's Cognitivism Of The Emotions / Gideon Segal -- 18. The Materiality Of Morals: Mind, Body And Interests In Spinoza's Ethics / Andrew Collier -- 19. Spinoza On The Knowledge Of Good And Evil / William K. Frankena -- 20. Knowledge, Anthropocentrism And Salvation / Herman De Dijn -- 21. Did Spinoza Lie To His Landlady? / J. Thomas Cook -- 22. Spinoza's Theory Of Human Immortality / Errol E. Harris -- 23. Spinoza's Theory Of The Eternity Of The Mind / Diane Steinberg -- 24. Spinoza: The Psychology Of The Multitude And The Uses Of Language / Yirmiyahu Yovel -- 25. Why Spinoza Chose The Hebrews: The Exemplary Function Of Prophecy In The Theological-political Treatise / Michael A. Rosenthal. Edited By Gideon Segal And Yirmiyahu Yovel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This collection of 25 essays presents a range of interpretations of central themes in Spinoza's philosophy. The editors sought to select studies that treat their subject as a viable, endurable philosophical issue, whether the writer accepts Spinoza's presentation or highlights his difficulties.