Learning How to Be Infinite

This paper focuses on some of the more controversial points in Jenny Bunker’s reply to Adrian W. Moore concerning his account of Spinoza. In particular, it raises the question of whether Moore has conceived of certain aspects of the relations between modes in a substantial manner and points to so...

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Main Author: Pablo Montosa
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Published: he Keele-Oxford-St Andrews Kantian Research Centre (University of Keele) 2022-03-01
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