Sangiacomo, Andrea:
The normalisation of the new natural philosophy : occasional causality and coarsegrained reality

In: History of Universities 33, 2 (2020), 201-235

Mention of Spinoza: s./v. Kommentar/commentary

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Epistemology / methodology / philosophy of mind, Philosophy of nature, Previous history (e.g. Descartes, Stoicism)
Subject: E, TIE
Subject (individuals): Burgersdijk, Pieter ; Descartes, René ; Hobbes, Thomas ; Spinoza, Benedictus de ; Zarabella, Jacobo

English commentary: This contribution examines Spinoza’s reflections on method in the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect in the context of contemporaneous conceptions of analysis and synthesis found in the works of Zarabella, Burgersdijk, Descartes, and Hobbes to identify the most plausible readings of his method in the Ethics.

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