This first extensive study of Spinoza's philosophy of mind concentrates on two problems crucial to the philosopher's thoughts on the matter: the requirements for having a thought about a particular object, and the problem of the mind's relation to the body. Della Rocca contends that Spinoza's positi[...]
Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was one of towering philosophers of the seventeenth century, described by Bertrand Russell as 'the noblest and most lovable of all the great philosophers'. His work investigated some of the deepest questions of philosophy and whilst renowned for his metaphysics, he also[...]