Marcy P Lascano
Biographic Data
| ID | 1490290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcy P Lascano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcy P |
| FAMILY NAME | Lascano |
| SIGNATURE | LASCANO M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Émilie Du Châtelet on Illusions
In her Discourse on Happiness , Émilie du Châtelet argues susceptibility to illusion is one of the five ‘great machines of happiness,’ and that ‘we owe most of our pleasures to illusions’ (2009: 349). However, many who read the Discourse find this aspect of her view puzzling and in tension with her claims that we must always seek truth and obey reason. To understand better her claims in the Discourse on Happiness , this article explores Du Châtel…
Anne Conway on Liberty
This chapter makes sense of Anne Conway’s account of humans’ free will and capacity to choose to sin given her commitment to the belief that creatures are naturally inclined towards the good. It does so by: first, laying out the foundations of Conway’s metaphysics, including the difference between God’s and humans’ free will; second, explaining the human’s love for that which is similar to her, even when the object loved is of a lesser degree of …
Anne Conway
Anne Conway argues that all substances are spiritual. Yet, she also claims that all created substance has some type of body. Peter Loptson has argued that Conway didn't carefully consider her view that all created beings have bodies for it seems God could have (and perhaps should have) created only disembodied spirits. There are several reasons to think Loptson is right. First, Conway holds that God is all-good and will do the best for his creati…
Emilie du Châtelet on the Existence and Nature of God
Many commentators have suggested that the metaphysical portions of Emilie du Châtelet's Institutions de physique are a mere retelling of Leibniz's views. I argue that a close reading of the text shows that du Châtelet's cosmological argument and discussion of God's nature contains both Lockean and Leibnizian elements. I discuss where she follows Locke in her arguments, what Leibnizian elements she brings in, and how this enables her to avoid some…
Émilie Du Châtelet on Illusions
In her Discourse on Happiness , Émilie du Châtelet argues susceptibility to illusion is one of the five ‘great machines of happiness,’ and that ‘we owe most of our pleasures to illusions’ (2009: 349). However, many who read the Discourse find this aspect of her view puzzling and in tension with her claims that we must always seek truth and obey reason. To understand better her claims in the Discourse on Happiness , this article explores Du Châtel…
Emilie du Châtelet on the Existence and Nature of God
Many commentators have suggested that the metaphysical portions of Emilie du Châtelet's Institutions de physique are a mere retelling of Leibniz's views. I argue that a close reading of the text shows that du Châtelet's cosmological argument and discussion of God's nature contains both Lockean and Leibnizian elements. I discuss where she follows Locke in her arguments, what Leibnizian elements she brings in, and how this enables her to avoid some…
Anne Conway
Anne Conway argues that all substances are spiritual. Yet, she also claims that all created substance has some type of body. Peter Loptson has argued that Conway didn't carefully consider her view that all created beings have bodies for it seems God could have (and perhaps should have) created only disembodied spirits. There are several reasons to think Loptson is right. First, Conway holds that God is all-good and will do the best for his creati…
Anne Conway on Liberty
This chapter makes sense of Anne Conway’s account of humans’ free will and capacity to choose to sin given her commitment to the belief that creatures are naturally inclined towards the good. It does so by: first, laying out the foundations of Conway’s metaphysics, including the difference between God’s and humans’ free will; second, explaining the human’s love for that which is similar to her, even when the object loved is of a lesser degree of …
Émilie Du Châtelet on Illusions
In her Discourse on Happiness , Émilie du Châtelet argues susceptibility to illusion is one of the five ‘great machines of happiness,’ and that ‘we owe most of our pleasures to illusions’ (2009: 349). However, many who read the Discourse find this aspect of her view puzzling and in tension with her claims that we must always seek truth and obey reason. To understand better her claims in the Discourse on Happiness , this article explores Du Châtel…
Epistemology (4 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Creatures (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Metaphysics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)