Spinoza’s Epistemology through a Geometrical Lens
Author:   Matthew Homan
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
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9783030767419


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   21 June 2022
Format:   Paperback
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This book interrogates the ontology of mathematical entities in Spinoza as a basis for addressing a wide range of interpretive issues in Spinoza’s epistemology—from his antiskepticism and philosophy of science to the nature and scope of reason and intuitive knowledge and the intellectual love of God. Going against recent trends in Spinoza scholarship, and drawing on various sources, including Spinoza’s engagements with optical theory and physics, Matthew Homan argues for a realist interpretation of geometrical figures in Spinoza; illustrates their role in a Spinozan hypothetico-deductive scientific method; and develops Spinoza’s mathematical examples to better illuminate the three kinds of knowledge. The result is a portrait of Spinoza’s epistemology as sanguine and distinctive yet at home in the new Cartesian and Galilean scientific-philosophical paradigm.

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Author:   Matthew Homan
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.359kg
ISBN:  

9783030767419


ISBN 10:   3030767418
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   21 June 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Mathematics and Methodology: Spinoza Contra Skepticism3. Realism and Antirealism About Mathematical Entities4. Reason and Imagination in Spinozan Science5. Geometry and Spinozan Science6. Spinoza’s Notions of Essence7. Intuitive Knowledge: The Perfection of Reason8. Conclusion

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Matthew Homan is Senior Lecturer of Philosophy at Christopher Newport University, USA.

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