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Unconscious of Thought in Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvGil Morejón,Chicago) Morejon, Gil (Loyola University

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Three early modern philosophers - Spinoza, Leibniz and Hume - understood that minds necessarily involve ideas and patterns of thinking that are not conscious. Morejon shows that in this way they sharply distinguish themselves from other major early modern thinkers whose conceptions of the mind tended to identify thinking with consciousness, such as Descartes, Malebranche and Locke. This conception of the thinking mind as conscious remains popular even today. By contrast, Leibniz, Spinoza and Hume argue instead that thought is not, as such, a matter of consciousness. Morejon explores the significance of this insight for their conceptions of freedom and ethics. By systematically analyzing the major writings of these three thinkers and placing them in the context of the history of Western philosophy, he shows that together they provide us with a metaphysics of ideas that is uniquely helpful for thinking through important problems in contemporary political theory. In particular, it allows us to understand how it is possible for people to act against their own interests and in spite of their consciously knowing better. Readers will gain a sophisticated understanding of what Leibniz, Spinoza and Hume thought about the metaphysics of ideas, the nature of the human mind and the limits of individual freedom.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-05-31
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt350 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCycles
Antal sidor216
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399504812

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Introduction: Involuntarism and Philosophy; Philosophy, Genealogy, Symptomatology; The Unconscious of Thought; Freedom without Voluntarism; Speculative Empiricism and Materialist Epistemology; Outline of the BookThe Obscure Dust of the World: The Unconscious of Perception in Leibniz; Conscious Thought and its Limits; Imperceptible Perceptions; Inclination and Determination; The Metaphysics of Interaction and the Problem of Bodies; Infinitesimal AgencyInevitable and Persistent Inadequacies: The Unconscious of Ideas in Spinoza; Inadequacy: Partial and Abstract Ideas; Adequate Knowledge: Causes and Actuality; Understanding and Power; The Persistence of the Inadequate and Spinozist ConsciousnessDeteriora Sequor: The Unconscious of Desire in Spinoza; Spinozist Desire and the Critique of Voluntarism; The Identity of Intellect and Volition; In Defense of the Identity (Ethics II, 49 Scholium); The Unconscious of DesireThe Gravity of Ideas: The Unconscious of Habit in Hume; Ideal Relations and Association; Secret Powers: Hume’s Critiques of Causation; Belief, Habit, Synthesis; Hume’s Antinomy and the Problem of Correction Conclusion: Obscurity and InvolvementWorks Cited

An essential contribution for anyone who wishes to know more about the history of the unconscious. Morejón’s greatest merit lies in clearly identifying structural similarities regarding the unconscious in thinkers who differ in terminology, background, and philosophical approach. The book, via an original and promising approach, thus casts new light on a little-studied epoch in the history of the unconscious.

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