Book contents
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
- A
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- 27. Calvin and Calvinism
- 28. Causal Axiom
- 29. Cause
- 30. Cause of Itself
- 31. Certainty
- 32. Charity
- 33. Cheerfulness
- 34. Christ
- 35. Citizen
- 36. Common Notions
- 37. Compendium of the Grammar of the Hebrew Language
- 38. Conception
- 39. Confusion
- 40. Consciousness
- 41. Contentment
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39. - Confusion
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
- A
- B
- C
- 27. Calvin and Calvinism
- 28. Causal Axiom
- 29. Cause
- 30. Cause of Itself
- 31. Certainty
- 32. Charity
- 33. Cheerfulness
- 34. Christ
- 35. Citizen
- 36. Common Notions
- 37. Compendium of the Grammar of the Hebrew Language
- 38. Conception
- 39. Confusion
- 40. Consciousness
- 41. Contentment
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Bibliography
- Index of Cross-References
- References
Summary
Confusion characterizes ideas commonly found in the human mind. Although all ideas are true as related to God (E2p32), human ideas most often lack truth, adequacy, and other epistemological virtues. Spinoza variously characterizes these philosophically defective ideas as fictional, false, mutilated, and confused. These defects are all closely related; this article focuses specifically on confusion.
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- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 97 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
References
Recommended Reading
Curley, E. (2016). Glossary entries for CONFUSIO. In The Collected Works of Spinoza ed. Curley, , 2 vols. Princeton University Press.Google Scholar
Hübner, K. (2022). Spinoza’s epistemology and philosophy of mind. In Zalta, E. N. (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza-epistemology-mindGoogle Scholar
Nelson, A. (2013). The structure of Cartesian sensations. Analytic Philosophy, 54(2), 155–76.CrossRefGoogle Scholar