Spinoza and the Possibility of Error

• Authors: Jakob Zigouras
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

If we consider certain features of Spinoza's metaphysics, it can seem very difficult to see how error, or the having of false ideas, is possible. In this paper I want to give the metaphysical background to the problem, before turning to a more detailed consideration of how Spinoza in fact accounts for error, or the having of false ideas. I will show the importance of the notions of adequacy and inadequacy in Spinoza's account. Having done this I will return to the central problem of accounting for the ontological status of false ideas vis a vis both the Infinite Intellect, and finite minds.

Keywords

EN

Metaphysics; Error; Intellect; Infinite; Finite; Spinoza, Benedictus de

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Forum Philosophicum
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 105-118

Contributors

author

Jakob Zigouras

• University of Sydney, Australia

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10.5840/forphil200712125

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