Nancy Brenner-Golomb
Gebundenes Buch

The Importance of Spinoza for the Modern Philosophy of Science

Can the revival of Spinoza's naturalism refute cultural relativism?

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The question raised in this book is why Spinoza's work which comes so close to the modern view of natural science is not prominent in the social sciences. The answer suggested is that this is due to the lingering influence of the Cartesian differentiation between the domain of science, dealing with material bodies in space and time, and the realm of thought to which the mind belongs. Spinoza's rejection of this mind/body dualism was based on his conviction that the human mind was an essential part of the 'forces' which maintain human existence. Since this view fits so well the evolutionary vie...