Oberto Marrama
Biographic Data
| ID | 1445028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oberto Marrama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oberto |
| FAMILY NAME | Marrama |
| SIGNATURE | MARRAMA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3700-5211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hobbes and the Cavendish Circle
An introduction to the special issue on Hobbes and the Cavendish Circle: Intellectual Networks in the Seventeenth Century
“The Habit of Virtue”
In this paper I explain how, for Spinoza, humans can acquire the “habit of virtue” from “fatal necessity” (Ep.58). Spinoza claims that no decision can be made without memory of the thing that one wants to do. However, his rejection of free will also implies that nobody can freely select what to remember. It seems that, as it is not in the power of an individual to freely choose what to remember and do, it is not possible to establish a dispositio…
Free Will
Models of the History of Philosophy, Vol. III
Models of the History of Philosophy is the English edition of Storia delle storie generali della filosofia (edited by Giovanni Santinello, Brescia: La Scuola, Roma/Padova: Antenore, 1979–2004). The
Spinoza on Fictitious Ideas and Possible Entities
The aim of this article is twofold: to provide a valid account of Spinoza's theory of fictitious ideas, and to demonstrate its coherency with the overall modal metaphysics underpinning his philosophical system. According to Leibniz, in fact, the existence of romances and novels would be sufficient to demonstrate, against Spinoza's necessitarianism, that possible entities exist and are intelligible, and that many other worlds different from ours c…
L’essenza del corpo
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L’essenza del corpo
Spinoza on Fictitious Ideas and Possible Entities
The aim of this article is twofold: to provide a valid account of Spinoza's theory of fictitious ideas, and to demonstrate its coherency with the overall modal metaphysics underpinning his philosophical system. According to Leibniz, in fact, the existence of romances and novels would be sufficient to demonstrate, against Spinoza's necessitarianism, that possible entities exist and are intelligible, and that many other worlds different from ours c…
Models of the History of Philosophy, Vol. III
Models of the History of Philosophy is the English edition of Storia delle storie generali della filosofia (edited by Giovanni Santinello, Brescia: La Scuola, Roma/Padova: Antenore, 1979–2004). The
Free Will
“The Habit of Virtue”
In this paper I explain how, for Spinoza, humans can acquire the “habit of virtue” from “fatal necessity” (Ep.58). Spinoza claims that no decision can be made without memory of the thing that one wants to do. However, his rejection of free will also implies that nobody can freely select what to remember. It seems that, as it is not in the power of an individual to freely choose what to remember and do, it is not possible to establish a dispositio…
Hobbes and the Cavendish Circle
An introduction to the special issue on Hobbes and the Cavendish Circle: Intellectual Networks in the Seventeenth Century
Philosophy (6 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (2 works) · Classics (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Cognitive science (1 work)