Margaret Cavendish on Human Beings

Lascano, Marcy P.; Schliesser, Eric

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“…But a natural reading of the body of the text is that "totalitarianism" as a concept is now out of date and encourages muddled thinking (Ryan 2012, 916). 16 For an analysis of what I call platonic feminism, see Lascano and Schliesser (2022).…”

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Teaching Comparative History of Political Philosophy

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2023

Pluralizing Philosophy’s Past

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The main aim of this chapter is to provide a conceptual framework that makes a more comparative, perhaps even global, survey course of the history of political theory/philosophy [hereafter HOP] possible. 1 At present, in political science and philosophy departments, there are survey courses in HOP that cover, roughly, works from "Plato to NATO." Such courses, and the survey texts they rely upon, are generally Eurocentric and mostly 1 Because of this focus I do not have a distinct section on teaching in this chapter. However, the chapter is based on my experience teaching a large introductory survey course in the history of political theory. In what follows, I presuppose a claim in the vicinity of the thought that "comparative political theory will be most coherent and most interesting with a focus on moral disagreement and justification across multiple distinct, semiautonomous traditions" (March 2009, 565). However, March is focused on research, while here I am focused on teaching.

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The Metaphysics of Margaret Cavendish and Anne Conway

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This book is an examination of the metaphysical systems of Margaret Cavendish and Anne Conway, who share many superficial similarities. By providing a detailed analysis of their views on substance, monism, self-motion, individuation, and identity over time, as well as causation, perception, and freedom, it demonstrates the interesting ways in which their accounts differ. Seeing their systems in tandem highlights the originality of each philosopher. In addition to providing the details of their metaphysical views, the book also shows how they put these views to use: for Cavendish in grounding her natural philosophy and for Conway in developing her theodicy. The account of Cavendish is more naturalistic than current interpretations. It argues that God plays no substantive role in Cavendish’s philosophy. The book provides an account of Cavendish’s matter and her biological holism. It shows how sensitive and rational matter are expressed differently in different natural kinds. It provides the first account of Cavendish’s views on individuation and identity over time and a detailed account of her views on causation, arguing that nature is the only principal cause. The book also provides an account of Conway’s spiritual substance, arguing that it is a unique type of substance. It discusses Conway’s two types of motions and causation. In addition, a detailed account of her view of motion as a mode of body, and how it is transferred, is provided. Finally, the book concludes that Conway’s metaphysics and morality are inseparable and that she holds a type of perfectionism.

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The Metaphysics of Margaret Cavendish and Anne Conway

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Margaret Cavendish on Human Beings

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