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Spinoza and Parallelistic Interpretation

  • Philosophical Investigation
  • 2019, 55(), pp.173~195
  • DOI : 10.33156/philos.2019.55..006
  • Publisher : Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
  • Research Area : Humanities > Philosophy
  • Received : July 16, 2019
  • Accepted : August 16, 2019
  • Published : August 31, 2019

Sam-Yel Park 1

1숭실대학교

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ABSTRACT

One of the popular interpretations of Spinoza’s mind-body theory is parallelism. Parallelism is based on the distinction between the mind and the body which results from the distinction between the attributes of thought and extension. I shall describe the general outlook of the traditional parallelistic interpretation and compare it with Spinoza’s parallelism, in order to show how Spinoza’s theory differs from the former position. I shall explore Bennett’s more sophisticated arguments in which parallelism can seem to entail identity of mind and body. The main issue I shall consider is the problems of the parallelistic interpretation by appeal to the identity of the mind and the body.

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