?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=%E2%80%9CSpinoza+and+the+Philosophy+of+Science%3A+Mathematics%2C+Motion%2C+and+Being%E2%80%9D&rft.creator=Schliesser%2C+Eric&rft.subject=History+of+Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=This+chapter+argues+that+the+standard+conception+of+Spinoza+as+a+fellow-travelling+mechanical+philosopher+and+proto-scientific+naturalist+is+misleading.+It+argues%2C+first%2C+that+Spinoza%E2%80%99s+account+of+the+proper+method+for+the+study+of+nature+presented+in+the+Theological-Political+Treatise+points+away+from+the+one+commonly+associated+with+the+mechanical+philosophy.+Moreover%2C+throughout+his+works+Spinoza%E2%80%99s+views+on+the+very+possibility+of+knowledge+of+nature+are+decidedly+sceptical.+Third%2C+in+the+seventeenth-century+debates+over+proper+methods+in+the+sciences%2C+Spinoza+sided+with+those+that+criticized+the+aspirations+of+the+physico-mathematicians+(Galileo%2C+Huygens%2C+Wallis%2C+Wren%2C+etc.)+who+thought+the+application+of+mathematics+to+nature+was+the+way+to+make+progress.+In+particular%2C+he+offers+grounds+for+doubting+their+confidence+in+the+significance+of+measurement+as+well+as+their+piece-meal+methodology.+Along+the+way%2C+this+chapter+offers+a+new+interpretation+of+common+notions+in+the+context+of+treating+Spinoza%E2%80%99s+account+of+motion.%0D%0A&rft.date=2012-07-09&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fmsword&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9223%2F2%2FOUPSPINOZA10July2012Schliesser.doc&rft.identifier=Schliesser%2C+Eric+(2012)+%E2%80%9CSpinoza+and+the+Philosophy+of+Science%3A+Mathematics%2C+Motion%2C+and+Being%E2%80%9D.+[Preprint]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9223%2