Editors’ Introduction
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
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Výsledek na webu
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Editors’ Introduction
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
In this introduction we provide an overview of the main themes of Peter Winch's lectures on Spinoza. We concentrate on how Winch connects Spinoza's conception of judgement to both his critique of Cartesian metaphysics, and also his distinctive account of ethics. For Winch's Spinoza, assertion is an activity undertaken by a particular human being working within a certain context, and this in turn entails that within each assertion there is some degree of truth. By developing a theory of falsehood and negation based on this insight, Spinoza shows how, starting from any particular assertion, we can in principle attain a clear view of all things sub specie aeternitatis, By combining this with his doctrine of strict determinism, Winch's Spinoza advocates a conception of the world on which blessedness is to be attained through a progressive refinement of the understanding and on which our ordinary categories of ethical assessment are themselves the product of confused ideas. We argue that Winch therefore presents an interpretation of Spinoza which is both original and important; original in its foregrounding philosophical elements of language, such as assertion and negation, and important in presenting an internally coherent and unifying interpretation of Spinoza's Ethics, one which reveals the connection between its metaphysical and its ethical aspects.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Editors’ Introduction
Popis výsledku anglicky
In this introduction we provide an overview of the main themes of Peter Winch's lectures on Spinoza. We concentrate on how Winch connects Spinoza's conception of judgement to both his critique of Cartesian metaphysics, and also his distinctive account of ethics. For Winch's Spinoza, assertion is an activity undertaken by a particular human being working within a certain context, and this in turn entails that within each assertion there is some degree of truth. By developing a theory of falsehood and negation based on this insight, Spinoza shows how, starting from any particular assertion, we can in principle attain a clear view of all things sub specie aeternitatis, By combining this with his doctrine of strict determinism, Winch's Spinoza advocates a conception of the world on which blessedness is to be attained through a progressive refinement of the understanding and on which our ordinary categories of ethical assessment are themselves the product of confused ideas. We argue that Winch therefore presents an interpretation of Spinoza which is both original and important; original in its foregrounding philosophical elements of language, such as assertion and negation, and important in presenting an internally coherent and unifying interpretation of Spinoza's Ethics, one which reveals the connection between its metaphysical and its ethical aspects.
Klasifikace
Druh
C - Kapitola v odborné knize
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/EF15_003%2F0000425" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000425: Centrum pro etiku</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2020
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název knihy nebo sborníku
Spinoza on Ethics and Understanding
ISBN
978-1-78527-543-2
Počet stran výsledku
15
Strana od-do
"XI "-" XXV"
Počet stran knihy
188
Název nakladatele
Anthem Press
Místo vydání
Londýn
Kód UT WoS kapitoly
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