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Spinoza on RelationsIn Yitzhak Y. Melamed (ed.), Blackwell Companion to Spinoza, Blackwell. pp. 179-188. 2021.Relations occupy a shadowy place in Spinoza's metaphysics while they play a distinguished role in our mental lives and possess a complex epistemological status at the interface between being and its representation in the mind. This chapter attempts to disentangle Spinoza's concept of relations from his concept of universals. It suggests that there are grounds for regarding universals as a separate type of “metaphysical being." The chapter focuses on two of Spinoza's early works, the Short Treati…Read more
Zachary Gartenberg
St. John's College, Annapolis
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St. John's College, AnnapolisTutor
Areas of Specialization
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Religion |
Medieval Metaphysics |