Spinoza's Philosophy of Ratio

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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From his geometrical method to his geometrical examples; from his doctrine of reason to his explanation of bodies in motion; and from his account of the affects to his understanding of social relations, ratio is of prime importance in Spinoza's philosophy. These 11 essays explore the surprisingly varied dimensions of this unacknowledged keystone of Spinoza’s thought. They take you from Spinoza’s geometrical diagrams to his concepts of mind, body, the emotions, and the cosmos. It shows how Spinoza’s thinking about ratio influences the concept of proportion in Gulliver’s Travels, the differential ontology of Deleuze, egalitarian design for wellbeing, and the notion of an affective architecture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-12-10
Mått156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt302 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
Upplaga19085
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474455879

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ContentsAcknowledgements Author biographiesAbbreviations of Spinoza’s works List of figures IntroductionBeth Lord 1. Spinoza’s Ontology Geometrically Illustrated: A Reading of Ethics IIP8SValtteri Viljanen 2. Reason and Body in Spinoza’s MetaphysicsMichael LeBuffe 3. Ratio and Activity: Spinoza's Biologizing of the Mind in an Aristotelian KeyHeidi M. Ravven 4. Harmony in Spinoza and His CriticsTimothy Yenter 5. Ratio as the basis of Spinoza’s concept of equalityBeth Lord 6. Proportion as a barometer of the affective life in SpinozaSimon B. Duffy 7. Spinoza, Heterarchical Ontology and Affective ArchitectureGökhan Kodalak 8. Dissimilarity: Spinoza's ethical ratios and housing welfarePeg Rawes 9. The greater part: How intuition forms better worldsStefan White 10. Slownesses and Speeds, Latitudes and Longitudes: In the Vicinity of BeatitudeHélène Frichot 11. The Eyes of the Mind: Proportion in Spinoza, Swift, Ibn TufaylAnthony Uhlmann Bibliography

Readers will learn from this book that a philosophy of ratio is not to be conflated with a rationalist philosophy. The authors draw on the three senses of ratio – reason, relation and proportion – to explore their interdependence and, crucially, the emergent and constructed conatus towards equality and wellbeing. This valuable book demonstrates that empiricism and rationalism need not be opposed.