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Spinoza and Contemporary Biology

Lectures on the Philosophy of Biology and Cognitivism
By Henri Atlan
Series: Spinoza Studies
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Published in France in 2018, Henri Atlan's book Cours de philosophie biologique et cognitiviste: Spinoza et la biologie actuelle (Odile Jacob, 2018) represents a turning point in Spinoza's interpretations of contemporary life sciences. Henri Atlan is the first in this field of research, of applied epistemology... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A neo-Spinozian conception of life and the mind.

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Published in France in 2018, Henri Atlan's book Cours de philosophie biologique et cognitiviste: Spinoza et la biologie actuelle (Odile Jacob, 2018) represents a turning point in Spinoza's interpretations of contemporary life sciences.

Henri Atlan is the first in this field of research, of applied epistemology and ontology, to effectively address contemporary questions in biology and cognitive sciences. Atlan presents us with a genuine understanding of Spinoza's monism, which is neither materialistic nor idealistic, and with an expertise in contemporary life sciences that will open an entire new field of research in Spinoza scholarship as well as in philosophy of sciences.

Readers will better understand the connection between Spinoza's Ethics, his ontology and epistemology, and modern life sciences, allowing us to rethink the relationship between ethics and modern sciences.

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    Spinoza and Contemporary Biology
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474489010

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Edinburgh University Press

Contributors:

  • Translated by Inja Stracenski
  • Edited by Robert Boncardo
  • Preface by Pierre Macherey

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 568

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About the Author

Henri Atlan is Professor Emeritus of Biophysics at the Universities of Paris VI and Jerusalem and Honorary Director of Research in Philosophy of Biology at the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Robert Boncardo is Sessional Tutor in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy at Australian Catholic University. He completed his doctorate in French Studies at the University of Sydney and Aix-Marseille Universite. Inja Stracenski is Co-ordinator and Lecturer in the School of Jewish Theology at The University of Potsdam

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