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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.
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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 |
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author | Lloyd, Genevieve |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-74457962020-08-26 Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19 Lloyd, Genevieve J Bioeth Inq Symposium: 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. Springer Singapore 2020-08-25 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7445796/ /pubmed/32840855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10028-5 Text en © Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Pty Ltd. 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Symposium: COVID-19 Lloyd, Genevieve Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19 |
title | Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19 |
title_full | Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19 |
title_short | Hope and Optimism: A Spinozist Perspective on COVID-19 |
title_sort | hope and optimism: a spinozist perspective on covid-19 |
topic | Symposium: COVID-19 |
url | 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 |
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