The Metaphysics of Margaret Cavendish and Anne Conway
Monism, Vitalism, and Self-Motion
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 8 June 2023
- ISBN 9780197651636
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages232 pages
- Size 163x237x20 mm
- Weight 481 g
- Language English 510
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Short description:
Women have engaged in philosophical discourse since antiquity, but most of these women's voices were lost or intentionally excluded. In The Metaphysics of Margaret Cavendish and Anne Conway, Marcy P. Lascano recovers the important philosophical contributions of two early modern women. The book compares the two thinkers, paying close attention to their views on metaphysical topics such as substance, monism, self-motion, individuation, and identity over time, as well as causation, perception, and freedom. Drawing on their original writing and engaging with existing scholarship, Lascano presents the first comparison of Cavendish and Conway. In turn, she enlarges our view of these thinkers and their unique ways of understanding the world arounds us.
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Marcy P. Lascano examines the philosophical systems of Margaret Cavendish and Anne Conway. Cavendish and Conway are both known for their monism, i.e., the view that there is only one kind of substance in the world, which is capable of self-motion and life. Lascano here provides detailed analyses of their respective accounts of monism, substance, self-motion, individuation, and identity over time, as well as causation, perception, and freedom. She thereby shows how their superficially similar views provide importantly different explanations of the workings of the world.
Lascano illuminates under-appreciated nuances in Cavendish's and Conway's views, highlighting the important differences between their systems. Examining their views in tandem allows readers to appreciate the originality of their ideas and their responses to seventeenth-century debates. The book's final chapter then explains how Cavendish's metaphysics lays the groundwork for her natural philosophy, while Conway's metaphysics provides the foundation for her theodicy.
Drawing on their original writing and engaging with existing scholarship, Lascano presents the first sustained comparison of Cavendish's and Conway's metaphysics revealing the differences between Cavendish's thoroughgoing naturalism and Conway's spiritualism. In turn, she enlarges our view of these thinkers and their unique ways of understanding the world around us.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Abbreviations
Chronology
Chapter 1: Matter and Spirit
Chapter 2: Wholes and Parts
Chapter 3: Life and Self-Motion
Chapter 4: Individuals and Individuation
Chapter 5: Causation and Perception
Chapter 6: Liberty and Necessity
Chapter 7: Natural Philosophy and Theodicy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
The Metaphysics of Margaret Cavendish and Anne Conway: Monism, Vitalism, and Self-Motion
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