Abstract:The tenth proposition of Spinoza's Ethics reads: "Each attribute of substance must be conceived through itself." Developing and defending the argument for this single proposition, it turns out, is vital to Spinoza's philosophical project. Indeed, it's virtually impossible to o verstate its i mportance. Spinoza and his interpreters have used EIp10 to prove central claims in his metaphysics and philosophy of mind (i.e. substance monism, mind-body parallelism, mind-body identity, and finite subject individuation)… Show more
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