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Warning: This is some wacky stuff. Spinoza’s Spin on Modes Primer The chair I’m sitting on is a mode of God, the one and only substance. Yup it is. So I guess in a way I’m sitting on God. “King of the castle! King of the castle!”. But wait, I’m also a mode […]
Read More Sub-atomic Stir-Fry and the Indivisibility of Spinoza’s GodDue to overwhelming reader demand here is part 3 of “Dueling with Dualism”… Quick Review I know most of you have memorized most of Spinoza’s philosophy but for the few of you who haven’t and would like to be brought up to speed, here’s what we’ve covered so far: The grand argument that Spinoza […]
Read More Dueling with Dualism Part 3: The Leibniz Challenge and The Nature of GodWelcome back all you crazy Spinoza fans! In the introduction entry I made on Spinoza I laid out the definitions of the key terms–substance, primary attribute, and mode–I will be using to discuss Spinoza’s arguments. Before I go any further, I’m just going to be really honest and say that sometimes with metaphysics I […]
Read More Everything is One! Dueling with Dualism Part 2Is The Fundamental Level of Reality Divided into Mind and Body? Or Are Mind and Body Two Aspects of an Even More Fundamental Reality? The answer to this question is the key distinction between Descartes and Spinoza. Lets unpack the two positions: In the Dualist view (Descartes) anything that exists is either an extended […]
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