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Curley, Edwin Munson was born on May 1, 1937 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Julius Edwin and Gertrude E.
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(Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's Ethics) Author: E. M. Curley published on (May, 1988)
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Behind the Geometrical Method
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This book is the fruit of twenty-five years of study of Spinoza by the editor and translator of a new and widely acclaimed edition of Spinoza's collected works. Based on three lectures delivered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1984, the work provides a useful focal point for continued discussion of the relationship between Descartes and Spinoza, while also serving as a readable and relatively brief but substantial introduction to the Ethics for students. Behind the Geometrical Method is actually two books in one. The first is Edwin Curley's text, which explains Spinoza's masterwork to readers who have little background in philosophy. This text will prove a boon to those who have tried to read the Ethics, but have been baffled by the geometrical style in which it is written. Here Professor Curley undertakes to show how the central claims of the Ethics arose out of critical reflection on the philosophies of Spinoza's two great predecessors, Descartes and Hobbes. The second book, whose argument is conducted in the notes to the text, attempts to support further the often controversial interpretations offered in the text and to carry on a dialogue with recent commentators on Spinoza. The author aligns himself with those who interpret Spinoza naturalistically and materialistically.
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Descartes Against the Skeptics
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E. M. Curley is known for his skill at lucid exposition and cogen analysis of seventeenth-century philosophy. In this book he turns to Descartes, who remains a central figure in the Western philosophical tradition. While dealing with most of Descartes' seminal contributions, he concentrates on the issues that pose special problems for modern students: the dream argument, knowledge of one's own existence and mental states, the circle, the arguments for God's existence, and the claim that mind and body are distinct.
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Edwin Munson Curley
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Bachelor, Lafayette College, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1963.
Career
Assistant professor philosophy, San Jose State College, 1963-1966; research fellow, Australian National U., Canberra, 1966-1968; fellow, Australian National U., 1968-1972; senior fellow, Australian National U., 1972-1977; professor philosophy, Northwestern University, 1977-1983; professor philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1983-1993; professor philosophy, University of Michigan, since 1993.
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Behind the Geometrical Method
( This book is the fruit of twenty-five years of study of...)
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Descartes Against the Skeptics
(E. M. Curley is known for his skill at lucid exposition a...)
- (Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's Ethics) Author: E. M. Curley published on (May, 1988)
- Behind the Geometrical Method by Edwin Curley (1988-05-01)
- Behind the Geometrical Method by Curley, Edwin (1988) Paperback
- Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's Ethics: 1st (First) Edition
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Behind the Geometrical Method
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Philosophical Association (vice president center division, 1989-1990, president 1990-1991), Institute Advanced Studies.
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Married Ruth Helen Snyder, December 12, 1959. Children: Julia Anne, Richard Edwin.
