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Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19

This essay discusses hope and optimism with reference to current rhetoric around COVID-19. It draws on Spinoza to suggest that much of that rhetoric rests on questionable assumptions about the supremacy of human reason within Nature.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lloyd, Genevieve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7445796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32840855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10028-5
Descripción
Sumario:This essay discusses hope and optimism with reference to current rhetoric around COVID-19. It draws on Spinoza to suggest that much of that rhetoric rests on questionable assumptions about the supremacy of human reason within Nature.