Hi Bob, ... The relation of our (contemporary) modern science and Spinoza is probably not a very direct one. At least not as direct as Damasio suggests. Take...
Being a novice in philosophy, I will put a few arguments for the sake of clarity: What does Spinoza say in regard to the relation between words and thoughts? ...
Hi Tahmidal and All, Since you are familiar with Spinoza's Ethics let me suggest a few things Spinoza shows there and how they might relate to what you say...
Dear Terry, As always, that was helpful. Now let me indicate a few things. You often have quoted this E2, PROP. 16, Corollary 2. Now, I think that this...
Hi Tahmidal and All, Thank you for this discussion of some of what Spinoza wrote. First let me say that you make a good point when you say: ... When I quote a...
Dear Terry and all, Firstly, it is not a hasty judgment, but a hypothesis to be examined. Or if you like, a supposition that leads to a question and the...
Dear Tahmidal and All, Perhaps it is due to my own rather limited and fragmentary view of things but I am unable to follow the meaning of most of what you have...
Hi all, In the last posting we were inquiring the "evidence" for the idea of idea doctrine of consciousness. Now, let's follow Nadler's objection to this...
Hi Hans, Thanks for sharing this work here. It just occurred to me that thanks to Nadler's paper and your commentaries, I am enjoying the challenge of...
Dear Terry and all, It is my wish that you examine my argument. Therefore I am trying to put it in a more concise form: I was talking about extents of...
Dear Terry, It is a gross irresponsibility on my part not to sufficiently check the guidelines as provided by Lance for the list. However, since you have ...
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Stuart, ... Okay, I am now being more careful about spaces. And I am a guy. In my first post I tried to discuss that when someone uses a word in an ...
Hi Tahmidal, I just did a quick read of all the new messages I found on returning to my email and as I was reading your most recent I have decided to make a...
... T: Okay, I am now being more careful about spaces. And I am a guy. In my first post I tried to discuss that when someone uses a word in an un-conventional...
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Hello Hans, My impression of ideas of ideas is that they are, in general, essentially redundant from a practical point of view. Both epistemologically and...
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Hi Stuart, You wrote: ... ...and: ... First, let me say, I only pointed out that a mutual Slow Reading all the way through of any one of Spinoza's works has...
Hello Terry, All my remarks were written spontaneously. That is, I responded as I read. I did not read it through first and then concoct responses to the...
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Hi Stuart, Some of the remarks I made in my previous post were not directed specifically and directly to you (if I had intended to address only you I would...
Hi All, I'd like to offer some further thoughts on something I posted recently in response to Tahmidal regarding those things "common to all" which Spinoza...
Hi Stuart, ... and ... The problematic consists in the question: How are ideas related to the thinking subject? The Cartesian answer to this question is the...
Suart, Since the last post only summed up things I wrote before, here some additional remarks: ... As far as I see you refer here to: ==E2P43 He, who has a...
Hi Stuart, ... I've been away and seem to have missed these questions of yours somehow. If you will put them again, I will offer my responses. At the moment,...
Hi Donovan, I wrote this in an earlier email: "(4) Terry wants slow reading. Let's begin. I will preface the first definition by reminding the reader of...
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Thanks Stuart, I see your questions now, and offer brief responses to them. d. ... I think that perhaps "God" works better than ever, because in Spinoza's day,...
Hi Stuart, Donovan, and All, Regarding Stuart's question (to which I would answer yes)...: ... ...and Donovan's pointing out the excellent example showing...
Hi Hans and Fellows of this excellent Spinoza Group The messages and the dynamic of the group are very important.I enjoy it a lot. About self-awareness I think...
Hi Frans and All, Thanks for the tip on the journal "Mind". The questions that come to my mind when studying Spinoza's writings seem endless but my pursuit of...
Hi Donovan, D: I think that perhaps "God" works better than ever, because in Spinoza's day, most people believed in some sort of fanciful character named...
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... According to intuition, by "God" Spinoza means God. One understand what he means or one doesn't. Spinoza makes it clear that no conception is more certain....
