Anne Conway (philosopher)

Anne Conway
Perspective View with a Woman Reading a Letter by Samuel van Hoogstraten. This painting is often thought to depict Anne Conway, though that attribution has been disputed.[1]
Born
Anne Finch

(1631-12-14)14 December 1631
London, England
Died23 February 1679(1679-02-23) (aged 47)
Resting placeHoly Trinity Church, Arrow, Warwickshire[1]
Spouse
(after 1651)
ChildrenHeneage Edward Conway
Parent(s)Sir Heneage Finch
Elizabeth Cradock
RelativesJohn Finch (brother)
Era
Region
Main interests
Metaphysics, Monism

Anne Conway (also known as Viscountess Conway; née Finch; 14 December 1631 – 23 February 1679[2]) was an English philosopher of the Enlightenment, whose work was in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists. Conway's thought is a deeply original form of rationalist philosophy. Conway rejected Cartesian substance dualism and instead, argued that nature is constituted by one substance. Against the mechanists, she argued that matter is not passive, but has self-motion, perception, and life.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Conway (1631-1679)". Project Vox. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ Hutton, Sarah (2009). "Death". Anne Conway : a woman philosopher. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 215. ISBN 9780521109819. OCLC 909355784.
  3. ^ Team, Project Vox. "Conway (1631-1679)". Project Vox. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

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