Spinoza, Leibniz and Descartes are completely different on the relationship between mind and matter See
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/substance/#DesSpiLei Spinoza was a monist, who believed that mind and matter were one. Descartes believed that mind and matter are totally different Leibniz beleived that mind was a monad or mental aspect of matter. Bertrand Ruseell said that there are two forms of knowing: a) Knowing scientifically or objectively (knowing by description) Example: you know who Obama is from the newspapers. b) Knowing by acquaintance or experience (knowing subjectively) Example: you know who Obama is because you have met him. Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] See my Leibniz site at -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

