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Study On Spinoza's Theory Of Ideas

Posted on:2019-07-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:F Y WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330563956817Subject:Foreign philosophy
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The theory of ideas is the cornerstone of Spinoza's epistemology and plays an important role in his philosophical system.Descartes' theory of innate ideas is the source of Spinoza's theory of ideas.In Ethics,Spinoza argues that the two epistemological meanings of ideas are those within God or in the mind of man.In "on God,Man and the Health of the mind",we discuss the idea of impossible existence,the idea of possible but not necessarily existence,and the idea of unique God.Spinoza discusses the relationship between false,fictional,suspicious ideas and true ideas in "the Theory of intellectual improvement".Spinoza thinks that imagination,rationality and intuition are the way to get ideas,and God is the motive force of ideas.Spinoza believes that truth is self-evident,that the inner mark of the adequate idea itself is the internal standard of truth,and that the conformity between the idea and its object is the external standard of truth.Spinoza's theory of ideas is the key to understanding his philosophical system.Grasping his theory of ideas is helpful to understand his ethics or emotional theory.Emotion is the motivation of the mind and blurry ideasidea.Spinoza's theory of ideas has an important influence on Leibniz's theory of truth.Spinoza's theory of ideas also have shortcomings,the view The word "idea" sometimes means that the idea is a concept formed by the mind,and sometimes it means a positive or negative judgment.The inaccuracy of its use leads to the difficulty of people's understanding of Spinoza's theory of ideas.According to Spinoza's spiritual initiative,it is not possible to infer ideistic initiative.Spinoza's "true" and "false" belong to epistemology rather than ontology.According to the present opinion,Spinoza's true and false standard has problems.
Keywords/Search Tags:Spinoza, epistemology, ideas, imagination, intellect, truth
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