Jakob ZigourasCorresponding author

Spinoza and the Possibility of Error

Article
12/1 - Spring 2007, pages 105-118
Date of online publication: 15 juin 2007
Date of publication: 01 juin 2007

Abstract

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.

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Zigouras, Jakob. ”Spinoza and the Possibility of Error.” Forum Philosophicum 12, no. 1 (2007): 105–18. doi:10.35765/forphil.2007.1201.07.

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