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9Descartes and Augustine (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 36 (4): 625-627. 1998.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Descartes and Augustine by Stephen MennSteven NadlerStephen Menn. Descartes and Augustine. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xvi + 415. Cloth, $74.95.As most readers of this journal well know, scholars in the history of philosophy can, however roughly, be divided into two distinct (and sometimes antagonistic) camps: those who think that work on the great philosophers of the past should focus almost exclusive…Read more
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8Deux cartesiens: La polemique Arnauld Malebranche (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 38 (4): 595-597. 2000.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Deux cartésiens: La polémique Arnauld MalebrancheSteven NadlerDenis Moreau. Deux cartésiens: La polémique Arnauld Malebranche. Paris: J. Vrin, 1999. Pp. 353. NP.The Arnauld-Malebranche debate is one of the great intellectual events of the seventeenth-century. Taking place over an eleven-year time span, and brought to a conclusion only by Arnauld's death, the debate ranged over a wide variety of philosophical and theologic…Read more
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1Neither Angel nor beast. The life and work of Blaise PascalJournal of the History of Philosophy 26 (3): 489-490. 1988.
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11Spinoza's heresy: immortality and the Jewish mindOxford University Press. 2001.Why was the great philosopher Spinoza expelled from his Portuguese-Jewish community in Amsterdam? Nadler's investigation of this simple question gives fascinating new perspectives on Spinoza's thought and the Jewish religious and philosophical tradition from which it arose.
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506Choosing a Theodicy: The Leibniz-Malebranche-Arnauld ConnectionJournal of the History of Ideas 55 (4): 573-589. 1994.
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8Review: Early Modern Philosophy: Mind, Matter, and Metaphysics (review)Mind 115 (460): 1158-1160. 2006.
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8Spinoza and Medieval Jewish Philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2014.Over the last two decades there has been an increasing interest in the influence of medieval Jewish thought upon Spinoza's philosophy. The essays in this volume, by Spinoza specialists and leading scholars in the field of medieval Jewish philosophy, consider the various dimensions of the rich, important, but vastly under-studied relationship between Spinoza and earlier Jewish thinkers. It is the first such collection in any language, and together the essays provide a detailed and extensive analy…Read more
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2La question du Mal chez Leibniz. Fondements et élaboration de la théodicée (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 47 (2). 2009.One of the welcome features of Leibniz research over the past quarter century has been the abandonment of the old "chicken vs. egg" debate about whether Leibniz's logic precedes and grounds his metaphysics or vice versa. Scholars such as Robert M. Adams, Daniel Garber, and Donald Rutherford, among others, have brought our attention to what might be called the systematic "holism" of Leibniz's thought and the way in which its various elements—logical, physical, metaphysical, and theological—reinfo…Read more
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5Review of Olli Koistinen, John Biro (eds.), Spinoza: Metaphysical Themes (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2002 (11). 2002.
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45A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2002._ A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy_ is a comprehensive guide to the most significant philosophers and philosophical concepts of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. Provides a comprehensive guide to all the important modern philosophers and modern philosophical movements. Spans a wide range of philosophical areas and problems, including metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics, political philosophy and aesthetics. Written by leading scholars in the field. Represents …Read more
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11The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: From Antiquity Through the Seventeenth Century (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2008.The first volume in this comprehensive work is an exploration of the history of Jewish philosophy from its beginnings in antiquity to the early modern period, with a particular emphasis on medieval Jewish thought. Unlike most histories, encyclopedias, guides, or companions of Jewish philosophy, this volume is organized by philosophical topic rather than by chronology or individual figures. There are sections on logic and language; natural philosophy; epistemology, philosophy of mind, and psychol…Read more
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4Gersonides: Judaism Within the Limits of ReasonBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 19 (4). 2011.British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Volume 19, Issue 4, Page 816-819, July 2011
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Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy. Volume IITijdschrift Voor Filosofie 68 (3): 661-661. 2006.
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6The best of all possible worlds: a story of philosophers, God, and evilFarrar, Straus and Giroux. 2008.Leibniz in Paris -- Philosophy on the Left Bank -- Le Grand Arnauld -- Theodicy -- The kingdoms of nature and grace -- Touch the mountains and they smoke -- The eternal truths -- The specter of Spinoza.
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40Daisie Radner and Michael Radner: Animal Consciousness (review)Environmental Ethics 13 (2): 187-191. 1991.
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8Occasionalism: causation among the CartesiansOxford University Press. 2011.These essays examine the philosophical, scientific, theological and religious themes and arguments of occasionalism, as well as its roots in medieval views on ...
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5Spinoza, Leibniz, and the Gods of PhilosophyIn Smith Justin & Fraenkel Carlos (eds.), The Rationalists, Springer/synthese. pp. 167--182. 2011.
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17Descartes: An Intellectual Biography by Stephen Gaukroger (review)Journal of Philosophy 93 (2): 101-104. 1996.
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8Gersonides on Providence: A Jewish Chapter in the History of the General WillJournal of the History of Ideas 62 (1): 37-57. 2001.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Journal of the History of Ideas 62.1 (2001) 37-57 [Access article in PDF] Gersonides on Providence: A Jewish Chapter in the History of the General Will Steven Nadler The notion of the "general will" has proven to be one of the more influential and at the same time enduringly perplexing concepts in the history of ideas. Its most famous appearance is of course, in Rousseau's political philosophy as the expression, ideally embodied in t…Read more
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203Spinoza's 'Ethics': An IntroductionCambridge University Press. 2006.Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy: a treatise simultaneously on metaphysics, knowledge, philosophical psychology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. It presents, in Spinoza's famous 'geometric method', his radical views on God, Nature, the human being, and happiness. In this wide-ranging 2006 introduction to the work, Steven Nadler explains the doctrines and arguments of the Ethics, and shows why Spinoza's endless…Read more
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6Cartesianism and Port-RoyalThe Monist 71 (4): 573-584. 1988.Contrary to what appears to be popular belief, Port-Royal was not a bastion of cartesianism. In fact, Of all the port-Royalists of the seventeenth century, Only arnauld can be considered a cartesian in any interesting sense. Most of the others associated with the order were hostile to the new philosophy and actively campaigned against it, Believing it to pose a threat to piety and "true" religion. This can be seen by examining the writings of de sacy, Du vaucel, And nicole, And the various philo…Read more
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8Wiep Van Bunge: From Stevin to Spinoza: An Essay on Philosophy in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch RepublicBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 10 (1): 135-136. 2002.
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85 Malebranche on CausationIn The Cambridge companion to Malebranche, Cambridge University Press. pp. 112. 2000.
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26Spinoza and consciousnessMind 117 (467): 575-601. 2008.Most discussions of Spinoza and consciousness—and there are not many— conclude either that he does not have an account of consciousness, or that he does have one but that it is at best confused, at worst hopeless. I argue, in fact, that people have been looking in the wrong place for Spinoza's account of consciousness, namely, at his doctrine of "ideas of ideas". Indeed, Spinoza offers the possibility of a fairly sophisticated, naturalistic account of consciousness, one that grounds it in the na…Read more
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Aaron V. Garrett: Meaning in Spinoza's MethodBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 12 (2): 345-347. 2004.
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7The philosopher, the priest, and the painter: a portrait of DescartesPrinceton University Press. 2013."--Larry Silver, University of Pennsylvania ""The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter" is an excellent introduction for general readers to Descartes and his thought. Nadler brings the story and ideas to life.
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Areas of Interest
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |