Kant and Spinozism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-19

3. Jacobi’s Provocative Suggestion

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   Pages 20-40

4. Against Spinozistic Dogmatism

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   Pages 41-55

5. Herder and Spinozistic Naturalism

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6. Critiques of Teleological Judgement

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   Pages 80-104

7. Maimon and Spinozistic Idealism

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   Pages 105-129

8. Deleuze and Spinozistic Difference

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   Pages 130-154

9. Spinozism in the Ether: Kant’s Opus Postumum

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10. Conclusion: Kant on Spinoza: The Last Words

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11. Back Matter

    Pages 184-214

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Beth Lord looks at Kant's philosophy in relation to four thinkers who attempted to fuse transcendental idealism with Spinoza's doctrine of immanence. Examining Jacobi, Herder, Maimon and Deleuze, Lord argues that Spinozism is central to the development of Kant's thought, and opens new avenues for understanding Kant's relation to Deleuze.

• Immanuel Kant
• Kant
• knowledge
• philosophy
• Spinoza
• understanding

• University of Dundee, UK

  Beth Lord

BETH LORD is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee, UK. She is the author of Spinoza's Ethics: An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide, and the co-editor of The Continuum Companion to Continental Philosophy.

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