Dennett and Spinoza

Australasian Philosophical Review 4 (3):259-265 (2020)
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ABSTRACT This paper compares Spinoza with Daniel Dennett and uncovers a number of striking parallels. Genevieve Lloyd’s recent work on Spinoza reveals a picture of a philosopher that anticipated many of Dennett’s later ideas. Both share a fervent opposition to Descartes’ conception of mind and body and endorse a strikingly similar naturalist philosophy. It is the goal of this paper to tease out these connections and once again highlight the richness of a Spinozist lens of the world.

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Spinoza’s Reason Revisited.Genevieve Lloyd - 2020 - Australasian Philosophical Review 4 (3):271-287.
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