Merçon, Juliana:
La filosofía de Spinoza y el pensamiento sistémico contemporáneo

In: Revista de Filosofía (México) 44 (133) (2012), 83-101

Literature type: Articles
Language: Spanish
Thematic areas: Metaphysics / ontology, Comparison of theories, Miscellaneous

English commentary: "The purpose of this article is to construct productive bridges between
Spinoza’s philosophy and some aspects of contemporary systems theory,
with special attention to social systems theory. In order to do so, I first
explore the distinction between substance and modes, showing the relative
character ofmodal configurations as parts or wholes. The spinozist notion
of individual is then interpreted as an open system in dynamic
equilibrium, and the concept of autopoiesis is compared with that of
conatus. In the final sections, imagination is presented as the basis of
sociability, and the role of epistemic and communicative processes is
emphasised in the delineation of social systems" (abstract).

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