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The introduction opens with a sketch of the state of contemporary Spinoza studies and argues that the time is ripe to return to Spinoza’s own self-described project of integrating metaphysics and ethics. It promises a systematic reading of the core of Spinoza’s metaphysical and ethical projects that tries to do justice to his innovative doctrines, while also treating him as an illuminating conversation partner for contemporary philosophical discussions, especially with contemporary analytic metaphysics. One of the overarching theses of this book is that conceptual relations form the backbone of Spinoza’s explanatory project and perform a surprising amount of work in his metaphysics and ethics. This introduction connects this thesis to Spinoza’s explanatory naturalism and outlines the work Spinoza’s conceptualist strategy does in the rest of the book.
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The introduction opens with a sketch of the state of contemporary Spinoza studies and argues that the time is ripe to return to Spinoza’s own self-described project of integrating metaphysics and ethics.
It promises a systematic reading of the core of Spinoza’s metaphysical and ethical projects that tries to do justice to his innovative doctrines, while also treating him as an illuminating conversation partner for contemporary philosophical discussions, especially with contemporary analytic metaphysics.
One of the overarching theses of this book is that conceptual relations form the backbone of Spinoza’s explanatory project and perform a surprising amount of work in his metaphysics and ethics.
This introduction connects this thesis to Spinoza’s explanatory naturalism and outlines the work Spinoza’s conceptualist strategy does in the rest of the book.
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