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Ideas and Mechanism
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE xi
  4. EDITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS xv
  5. CHAPTER 1. Skepticism without Indubitability 1
  6. CHAPTER 2. Descartes on Sense and "Resemblance" 10
  7. CHAPTER 3. Descartes on the Perception of Primary Qualities 26
  8. CHAPTER 4. Descartes on the Origin of Sensation 41
  9. CHAPTER 5. Descartes on the Representationality of Sensation 69
  10. CHAPTER 6. Descartes; The Epistemological Argument for Mind-Body Distinctness 84
  11. CHAPTER 7. True and Immutable Natures 94
  12. CHAPTER 8. Can I Be the Cause of My Idea of the World? (Descartes on the Infinite and Indefinite) 108
  13. CHAPTER 9. Objects, Ideas, and "Minds"; Comments on Spinoza's Theory of Mind 126
  14. CHAPTER 10. Spinoza's Causal Axiom (Ethics I, Axiom 4) 141
  15. CHAPTER 11. Infinite Understanding, Scientia intuiliva, and Ethics 1.16 166
  16. CHAPTER 12. "For They Do Not Agree in Nature with Us": Spinoza on the Lower Animals 178
  17. CHAPTER 13. Superadded Properties: The Limits of Mechanism in Locke 196
  18. CHAPTER 14. Discussion: Superadded Properties: A Reply to M. R. Ayers 209
  19. CHAPTER 15. Did Berkeley Completely Misunderstand the Basis of the Primary-Secondary Quality Distinction in Locke? 215
  20. CHAPTER 16. Berkeley on the Mind-Dependence of Colors 229
  21. CHAPTER 17. Berkeley and the Essence of the Corpuscularians 243
  22. CHAPTER 18. The Issue of "Common Sensibles" in Berkeley's New Theory of Vision 257
  23. CHAPTER 19. Kant and "The Dogmatic Idealism of Berkeley" 276
  24. CHAPTER 20. The "Phenomenalisms" of Berkeley and Kant 294
  25. CHAPTER 21. The "Phenomenalisms" of Leibniz and Berkeley 306
  26. CHAPTER 22. Confused Ideas 322
  27. CHAPTER 23. Confused vs. Distinct Perception in Leibniz: Consciousness, Representation, and God's Mind 336
  28. CHAPTER 24. Leibniz and Locke on "First Truths" 353
  29. CHAPTER 25. Leibniz: Self-Consciousness and Immortality in the Paris Notes and After 373
  30. CHAPTER 26. Leibniz and Materialsm 388
  31. CHAPTER 27. Possible Gods 407
  32. CHAPTER 28. Leibniz's Dynamics and Contingency in Nature 421
  33. CHAPTER 29. Compossibility and Law 442
  34. CHAPTER 30. History of Philosophy in Philosophy Today; and the Case of the Sensible Qualities 455
  35. CHAPTER 31. Animal Ideas 495
  36. SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 513
  37. INDEX 515
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. PREFACE xi
  4. EDITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS xv
  5. CHAPTER 1. Skepticism without Indubitability 1
  6. CHAPTER 2. Descartes on Sense and "Resemblance" 10
  7. CHAPTER 3. Descartes on the Perception of Primary Qualities 26
  8. CHAPTER 4. Descartes on the Origin of Sensation 41
  9. CHAPTER 5. Descartes on the Representationality of Sensation 69
  10. CHAPTER 6. Descartes; The Epistemological Argument for Mind-Body Distinctness 84
  11. CHAPTER 7. True and Immutable Natures 94
  12. CHAPTER 8. Can I Be the Cause of My Idea of the World? (Descartes on the Infinite and Indefinite) 108
  13. CHAPTER 9. Objects, Ideas, and "Minds"; Comments on Spinoza's Theory of Mind 126
  14. CHAPTER 10. Spinoza's Causal Axiom (Ethics I, Axiom 4) 141
  15. CHAPTER 11. Infinite Understanding, Scientia intuiliva, and Ethics 1.16 166
  16. CHAPTER 12. "For They Do Not Agree in Nature with Us": Spinoza on the Lower Animals 178
  17. CHAPTER 13. Superadded Properties: The Limits of Mechanism in Locke 196
  18. CHAPTER 14. Discussion: Superadded Properties: A Reply to M. R. Ayers 209
  19. CHAPTER 15. Did Berkeley Completely Misunderstand the Basis of the Primary-Secondary Quality Distinction in Locke? 215
  20. CHAPTER 16. Berkeley on the Mind-Dependence of Colors 229
  21. CHAPTER 17. Berkeley and the Essence of the Corpuscularians 243
  22. CHAPTER 18. The Issue of "Common Sensibles" in Berkeley's New Theory of Vision 257
  23. CHAPTER 19. Kant and "The Dogmatic Idealism of Berkeley" 276
  24. CHAPTER 20. The "Phenomenalisms" of Berkeley and Kant 294
  25. CHAPTER 21. The "Phenomenalisms" of Leibniz and Berkeley 306
  26. CHAPTER 22. Confused Ideas 322
  27. CHAPTER 23. Confused vs. Distinct Perception in Leibniz: Consciousness, Representation, and God's Mind 336
  28. CHAPTER 24. Leibniz and Locke on "First Truths" 353
  29. CHAPTER 25. Leibniz: Self-Consciousness and Immortality in the Paris Notes and After 373
  30. CHAPTER 26. Leibniz and Materialsm 388
  31. CHAPTER 27. Possible Gods 407
  32. CHAPTER 28. Leibniz's Dynamics and Contingency in Nature 421
  33. CHAPTER 29. Compossibility and Law 442
  34. CHAPTER 30. History of Philosophy in Philosophy Today; and the Case of the Sensible Qualities 455
  35. CHAPTER 31. Animal Ideas 495
  36. SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 513
  37. INDEX 515
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