PHILO 25B UC Berkeley Spinoza Essay

PHILO 25B UC Berkeley Spinoza Essay

1. 5 Page double spaced

2. No need for outside referencing

3. Refer only to Spinoza’s Ethics, Part I

E1p33: “Things could not have been produced by God in any other way or in any other order than is the case.” How strong of a claim is this? Clearly a) explain the claim Spinoza is making here and b) how Spinoza argues for the claim in the demonstration. Then evaluate the argument. (There are a few ways you can go about evaluating this argument. One option would be to see whether other passages in Part I are in tension with E1p33. Another option is to see whether there are any assumptions behind the argumentthat could be contested.)