Spinozas Argument for Substance Monism - Why There Is Only One Thing

Spinoza's Argument for Substance Monism: Why There Is Only One Thing interprets and defends Spinoza's God/Nature argument using speculative metaphysics as a method and illustrates the practice and potential of metaphysics at work. These features work together to strengthen Spinoza's argument that only one substantial being exists.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Spinoza's Speculative Metaphysics
Chapter Two: Substance, Attributes and Modes
Chapter Three: Why God Must Exist
Chapter Four: Spinoza's Argument for Monism
Chapter Five: Conceptual Independence and Emanation to the Rescue
Chapter Six: Modes and the World that Follows from God
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Christopher Martin is author of the essay collection THIS GLADDENING LIGHT, for which he received the Georgia Author of the Year Award in Memoir and the Will D. Campbell Award in Creative Nonfiction. Firmament is his first poetry collection.

Summary

Spinoza’s Argument for Substance Monism: Why There Is Only One Thing interprets and defends Spinoza’s God/Nature argument using speculative metaphysics as a method and illustrates the practice and potential of metaphysics at work. These features work together to strengthen Spinoza’s argument that only one substantial being exists.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Martin
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781666927146
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-714-6
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800