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Book SynopsisFor more than three decades, Margaret Wilson's essays on early modern philosophy have influenced scholarly debate. Many are considered classics in the field and remain as important today as they were when they were first published. Until now, however, they have never been available in book form and some have been particularly difficult to find. Thi
Trade Review"The essays in this collection are of a high scholarly quality and are a good representation of the development and directions of Wilson's work."--Library Journal
Table of ContentsPrefaceEditions and AbbreviationsCh. 1Skepticism without Indubitability3Ch. 2Descartes on Sense and "Resemblance"10Ch. 3Descartes on the Perception of Primary Qualities26Ch. 4Descartes on the Origin of Sensation41Ch. 5Descartes on the Representationality of Sensation69Ch. 6Descartes: The Epistemological Argument for Mind-Body Distinctness84Ch. 7True and Immutable Natures94Ch. 8Can I Be the Cause of My Idea of the World? (Descartes on the Infinite and Indefinite)108Ch. 9Objects, Ideas, and "Minds": Comments on Spinoza's Theory of Mind126Ch. 10Spinoza's Causal Axiom (Ethics I, Axiom 4)141Ch. 11Infinite Understanding, Scientia Intuitiva, and Ethics I.16166Ch. 12"For They Do Not Agree in Nature with Us": Spinoza on the Lower Animals178Ch. 13Superadded Properties: The Limits of Mechanism in Locke196Ch. 14Discussion: Superadded Properties: A Reply to M. R. Ayers209Ch. 15Did Berkeley Completely Misunderstand the Basis of the Primary-Secondary Quality Distinction in Locke?215Ch. 16Berkeley on the Mind-Dependence of Colors229Ch. 17Berkeley and the Essence of the Corpuscularians243Ch. 18The Issue of "Common Sensibles" in Berkeley's New Theory of Vision257Ch. 19Kant and "The Dogmatic Idealism of Berkeley"276Ch. 20The "Phenomenalisms" of Berkeley and Kant294Ch. 21The "Phenomenalisms" of Leibniz and Berkeley306Ch. 22Confused Ideas322Ch. 23Confused vs. Distinct Perception in Leibniz: Consciousness, Representation, and God's Mind336Ch. 24Leibniz and Locke on "First Truths"353Ch. 25Leibniz: Self-Consciousness and Immortality in the Paris Notes and After373Ch. 26Leibniz and Materialsm388Ch. 27Possible Gods407Ch. 28Leibniz's Dynamics and Contingency in Nature421Ch. 29Compossibility and Law442Ch. 30History of Philosophy in Philosophy Today; and the Case of the Sensible Qualities455Ch. 31Animal Ideas495Sources and Acknowledgments513Index515
