‘Except God, no substance can be conceived’: Spinoza on other substances

Analysis 81 (4):656-65 (2021)
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This paper argues that Spinoza held substances other than God to be inconceivable. It uses this claim to develop a novel response to the Problem of Other Substances, the problem of explaining why some of Spinoza’s proofs for God’s existence cannot be used to prove the existence of a non-divine substance instead.

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10.1093/analys/anab057

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Ruben Noorloos
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