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New Essays
on the
Rationalists
Edited by
o J. Germaro
and
Charles Huenemann
New York Oxford
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1999
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New essays on the rationalists / edited by o ]. Gennaro and
Charles Huencmann.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-512488-X
1. Rationalism — History — 17th century. 2. Rationalism-
History—i8th century. 3. Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650. 4. Spinoza,
Benedictus de, 1632-1677. 5. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr
von, 1646-1716. I. Gennaro, o J. II. Huenemann, Charles.
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To our precious daughters
Olivia Anne Gennaro
and
Hanna Rose Huenemann
Contents
Contributors ix
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction xv
Part One: Matter and Substance
1 Space and Subtle Matter in Descartes's Metaphysics 3
Jonathan t
2 Descartes on Nothing in Particular 26
Eric Palmer
3 "If a Body Meet a Body": Descartes on Body-Body Causation 48
Michael Delia a
4 Descartes's Ex