The Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy)

This volume is a collection of articles that looks at the work of Baruch Spinoza through his metaphysics, his philosophy of politics and religion, and alternative approaches to Spinoza. Contents Abbreviations Spinoza's Ethics 1. Some Pivotal Issues in Spinoza, Paul Weiss Spinoza's Metaphysics 2. The Deductive Character of Spinoza's Metaphysics, Michael Hooker 3. Spinoza's Ontological Proof, Willis Doney 4. Spinozistic Anomalies, Jose Benardete 5. Some Idealistic Themes in the Ethics, Robert N. Beck 6. Spinoza's Dualism, Alan Donagan 7. Objects, Ideas, and "Minds": Comments on Spinoza's Theory of Mind, Margaret D. Wilson 8. Parallelism and Complementarity: The Psycho-Physical Problem in the Succession of Niels Bohr, Hans Jonas Spinoza's Philosophy Of Politics and Religion 9. Spinoza's Political Philosophy: The Lessons and Problems of a Conservative Democrat, Lewis S. Feuer 10. Notes on Spinoza's Critique of Religion, Hilail Gildin 11. Spinoza and History, James C. Morrison Spinoza And German Philosophy 12. Kant's Critique of Spinoza, Henry E. Allison 13. Hegel's Assessment of Spinoza, Kenneth L. Schmitz Alternative Approaches to Spinoza 14. Spinoza's Logic of Inquiry: Rationalist or Experientialist?, Isaac Franck 15. De Natura, Stewart Umphrey 16. Analytic and Synthetic Methods in Spinoza's Ethics, Richard Kennington Index to Propositions of the Ethics Index of Names