{"product_id":"the-metaphysics-of-the-material-world-su-rez-descartes-spinoza-9780190070229","title":"The Metaphysics of the Material World: Suárez, Descartes, Spinoza","description":"In \u003cem\u003eThe Metaphysics of the Material World\u003c\/em\u003e, Tad M. Schmaltz traces a particular development of the metaphysics of the material world in early modern thought. The route Schmaltz follows derives from a critique of Spinoza in the work of Pierre Bayle. Bayle charged in particular that Spinoza's monistic conception of the material world founders on the account of extension and its \"modes\" and parts that he inherited from Descartes, and that Descartes in turn inherited from late scholasticism, and ultimately from Aristotle. After an initial discussion of Bayle's critique of Spinoza and its relation to Aristotle's distinction between substance and accident, this study starts with the original re-conceptualization of Aristotle's metaphysics of the material world that we find in the work of the early modern scholastic Suárez. What receives particular attention is Suárez's introduction of the \"modal distinction\" and his distinctive account of the Aristotelian accident of \"continuous quantity.\" This examination of Suárez is followed by a treatment of the connections of his particular version of the scholastic conception of the material world to the very different conception that Descartes offered. Especially important is Descartes's view of the relation of extended substance both to its modes and to the parts that compose it. Finally, there is a consideration of what these developments in Suárez and Descartes have to teach us about Spinoza's monistic conception of the material world. Of special concern here is to draw on this historical narrative to provide a re-assessment of Bayle's critique of Spinoza.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tad M. Schmaltz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190070229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTad M. Schmaltz\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He specializes in early modern philosophy, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eMalebranche's Theory of the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 1996), \u003cem\u003e Radical Cartesianism\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eDescartes on Causation\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2008), \u003cbr\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEarly Modern Cartesianisms\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2017). In addition, he has edited or co-edited \u003cem\u003eReceptions of Descartes\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), \u003cem\u003eIntegrating History and Philosophy of Science\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), \u003cem\u003eEfficient Causation: A History \u003c\/em\u003e(OUP 2014), \u003cem\u003eThe Historical Dictionary of Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), \u003cem\u003eThe Problem of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUniversals in Early Modern Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2017), and \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2019).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40651384979571,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":156.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3ddc731e-a29f-443d-8a61-94302e50310f.jpg?v=1672931848","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-metaphysics-of-the-material-world-su-rez-descartes-spinoza-9780190070229","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}