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SUMMARY:Spinoza's Metaphysics of Power and Action
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LOCATION:Arts West 556\, Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:<p>The proper philosophical understanding of powers was an&nbsp\;important topic of debate in early modern Europe. In this paper\, I'll explore&nbsp\;Spinoza's&nbsp\;view\, which occupies a puzzling intermediate position between the extremes of a&nbsp\;'deep' Scholastic conception and a 'surface'&nbsp\;Hobbesian account. I'll argue in&nbsp\;favour of an interpretation of Spinoza whereby powers-talk (unlike Hobbes) allows&nbsp\;a distinction between&nbsp\;acting from one's own power versus acting under the power&nbsp\;of another\, but (unlike Scholasticism) does not hold individuals to a normative&nbsp\;standard of action against which they can be judge deficient. I'll sketch the&nbsp\;upshot of this Spinozist approach for social theory\, which (I'll&nbsp\;suggest) sometimes&nbsp\;oscillates between the unsatisfactory extremes of 'deep' and 'surface'&nbsp\;approaches to power.</p>
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