Amelie rorty spinoza book

Feminist interpretations of benedict spinoza rereading. Feminist interpretations of benedict spinoza book depository. Editor, essays on aristotles rhetoric university of california press, 1996 an essay of mine appears in this book. An overlooked aspect of love in spinozas ethics jstor. Amelie oksenberg rorty is a belgianborn american philosopher known for her work in the. It is the first booklength study dedicated to the rereading of spinoza s ethical and theologicopolitical works from a feminist perspective. Born in belgium, educated at the university of chicago and yale, amelie rortys interests in philosophy range widely. John lachs, amelie rorty and the participants in professor rortys neh summer seminar in 1982. When in doubt, she tends to turn to aristotle, spinoza and hume for illumination.

As amelie rorty explains, in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern and divide us. Amelie rorty to be rational is to be engaged in collaborative, corrigible, historically informed inquiry and deliberation. James, genevieve lloyd, alexandre matheron, heidi ravven, amelie rorty. She is presently finishing a book provisionally entitled on the other hand. Part of the boston studies in the philosophy of science book series bsps, volume 91. For now, she is working on a book, on the other hand. Critical intelligence is merely the beginning of rationality. Amelie rorty is a regular faculty at harvard university.

This book is far and away one of the best books on philosophy of education you could possibly read. Following the sequence of the meditational stages, the authors. Explore more enter your mobile number or email address below and well. Martin evenden 2012 journal of critical realism 11 2. Essays on descartes meditations by amelie oksenberg rorty. It doesnt present a theory of education of its own.

The essays in this volume form a commentary on descartes meditations. Editor, essays on descartes meditations, university of california press, 1986. Feminist interpretations of benedict spinoza moira. Most of her work has been in the history of moral and civic psychology. Feminist interpretations of benedict spinoza by professor moira gatens, 9780271035161, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Historical perspectives london, routledge, 1998 three essays of mine appear in this book.

The essays in this stellar collection are written by some of the finest comtemporary philosophers. In the event things got worse, and spinoza gave up the idea of publishing the ethics, believing that it would create such a cloud of hostility as to obscure, in the minds even of reasonable people, the real meaning of its arguments. She approaches many of these issues historically through aristotle, spinoza, hume and freud and anthropologically. It is the first booklength study dedicated to the rereading of spinozas ethical and. Amelie oksenberg rorty is a belgianborn american philosopher known for her work in the philosophy of mind in particular on the emotions, history of philosophy especially aristotle, spinoza and descartes, and moral philosophy. Spinoza on the pathos of idolatrous love and the hilarity of true love. Susan james, genevieve lloyd, alexandre matheron, heidi ravven, amelie rorty, and david west. Amelie rorty, spinoza on the pathos of idolatrous love and.