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Catharine Cockburn on Unthinking Immaterial Substance: Souls, Space, and Related Matters

Thomas, Emily

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The early modern Catharine Cockburn wrote on a wide range of philosophical issues and recent years have seen an increasing interest in her work. This paper explores her thesis that immaterial substance need not think. Drawing on existing scholarship, I explore the origin of this thesis in Cockburn and show how she applies it in a novel way to space. This thesis provides a particularly useful entry point into Cockburn's philosophy, as it emphasises the importance of her metaphysics and connects with many of her further philosophical views. This paper shows that it is rewarding to consider Cockburn's philosophical views as a holistic system.

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Thomas, E. (2015). Catharine Cockburn on Unthinking Immaterial Substance: Souls, Space, and Related Matters. Philosophy Compass, 10(4), 255-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12210

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 21, 2014
Online Publication Date Apr 6, 2015
Publication Date Apr 6, 2015
Deposit Date Oct 21, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Philosophy Compass
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 4
Pages 255-263
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12210

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Thomas, E. (2015), Catharine Cockburn on Unthinking Immaterial Substance: Souls, Space, and Related Matters. Philosophy Compass, 10(4): 255-263, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12210. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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