Outputs (6)

Towards an objectivist reading of Spinoza’s theory of attributes (2025)
Journal Article
Salgado Borge, A. (2025). Towards an objectivist reading of Spinoza’s theory of attributes. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2025.2472616

In this paper, I argue for a novel defence of the view that attributes are numerically distinct for Spinoza, which, contrary to paradigmatic objectivist readings, does not contradict his substance monism nor commit him to the view that the only subst... Read More about Towards an objectivist reading of Spinoza’s theory of attributes.

Absolute (Metaphysical) (2024)
Book Chapter
Salgado Borge, A. B. (2024). Absolute (Metaphysical). In K. Hübner, & J. Steinberg (Eds.), The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon (3-5). Cambridge University Press

Spinoza's theory of attributes (2024)
Journal Article
Salgado Borge, A. (2024). Spinoza's theory of attributes. Philosophy Compass, 19(8), Article e13013. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.13013

Any account of Spinoza's understanding of attribute must be able to satisfy his definition criterion; that is, it must coherently accommodate the elements involved in his definition of attribute as “what the intellect perceives of a substance as cons... Read More about Spinoza's theory of attributes.

Spinoza on the Distinction Between Substance and Attribute (2022)
Journal Article
Salgado Borge, A. (2022). Spinoza on the Distinction Between Substance and Attribute. Philosophy, 97(2), 207-231. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819122000043

I examine Spinoza's claim in the Metaphysical Thoughts (CM) that the attributes of God are only distinguished by a distinction of reason. I contend that for Spinoza essential attributes, such as Thought or Extension, cannot be distinguished by Franci... Read More about Spinoza on the Distinction Between Substance and Attribute.

Spinoza on Essence Constitution (2022)
Journal Article
Borge, A. S. (2022). Spinoza on Essence Constitution. Philosophia, 50(3), 987-999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-021-00437-0

I argue that, against what is commonly believed, Spinoza’s use of the relation of constitution to characterize the relation between attributes and the essence of a substance does not indicate that, for him, there must be a numerical identity between... Read More about Spinoza on Essence Constitution.

Spinozistic expression as signification (2021)
Journal Article
Salgado Borge, A. (2022). Spinozistic expression as signification. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 30(1), 24-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2021.1953961

I propose a new interpretation of Spinoza’s obscure but important concept of ‘expression’. Any account of Spinozistic expression must be able to fulfil two principal requirements. First, it must be able to accommodate all the relevant cases of ‘to ex... Read More about Spinozistic expression as signification.