Spinoza on Composition, Monism, and Beings of Reason
In this paper, I argue that Spinoza holds a perspectivalist view of mereological composition, a form of anti-realism. The paper has two parts: In the first half of the paper, I introduce interpretive puzzles for the standard realist reading of Spinoza’s mereology. In the second half of the paper,...
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In this paper, I argue that Spinoza holds a perspectivalist view of mereological composition, a form of anti-realism. The paper has two parts: In the first half of the paper, I introduce interpretive puzzles for the standard realist reading of Spinoza’s mereology. In the second half of the paper, I discuss Spinoza’s positive view on mereological composition and present a perspectivalist reading that avoids the interpretive puzzles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-84bba37aeb7e4fc1a062a266a7872c1c2025-01-31T16:08:10ZengAperioJournal of Modern Philosophy2644-06522020-03-012010.25894/jmp.2103Spinoza on Composition, Monism, and Beings of ReasonRóbert Mátyási0 In this paper, I argue that Spinoza holds a perspectivalist view of mereological composition, a form of anti-realism. The paper has two parts: In the first half of the paper, I introduce interpretive puzzles for the standard realist reading of Spinoza’s mereology. In the second half of the paper, I discuss Spinoza’s positive view on mereological composition and present a perspectivalist reading that avoids the interpretive puzzles.https://jmphil.org/article/id/2103/Spinozamereologycompositionmonismbeings of reason |
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