The Philosophy of Antoine Arnauld

Eric Stencil (Utah Valley University)

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Cambridge University Press
11 December 2025

Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Theology; History of ideas

Antoine Arnauld (1612–1694) was a wide-ranging and influential thinker and one of the most important philosophical and theological figures of his time. He engaged in theological controversies, took part in philosophical correspondences, sparred with popes and kings, was expelled from the Sorbonne, and penned texts that would have great influence on subsequent generations of thinkers. In this book on Arnauld, the first book-length systematic study of his philosophical thought to appear in English, Eric Stencil draws on texts from throughout Arnauld's corpus to present an analysis of his philosophical thought, with chapters on method and epistemology, ontology, substance dualism, the mind-body union, ideas and perception, human freedom, modality, knowledge of God, God's nature, and the creation doctrine. His book illuminates the richness and originality of Arnauld's philosophical project and its key contributions to Enlightenment-era thought.

By: Eric Stencil (Utah Valley University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781009426770
ISBN 10: 100942677X
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 11 December 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Arnauld's life through his philosophical texts; Part I. Method, Metaphysics, and Epistemology: 2. Method and epistemology: faith, reason, and rationalism; 3. Ontology: Arnauld's dual dualisms; 4. The mind-body union: sensation, causation, and occasionalism; 5. Ideas: perception and the polemic with Malebranche; 6. Human freedom: Jansenism, thomism, and the power to do the opposite; 7. Modality: Arnauld's actualism; Part II. God: 8. Knowledge of God: sources and scope; 9. God's nature: simplicity and rationality; 10. God and the eternal truths 1: 1641–1648; 11. God and the eternal truths 2: the 1680s; Afterword; Works Cited; Index.

Eric Stencil is Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University. He has published articles in journals including Journal of the History of Philosophy, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, and History of Philosophy Quarterly.

Reviews for The Philosophy of Antoine Arnauld

'This book is bound to be the standard source on Arnauld for a long time to come. Stencil's philosophical reasoning is astute and his meticulous scholarship is first-rate throughout. Anyone trying to work through the debates with Descartes and Malebranche, or Arnauld's own positive views, will find Stencil's work an indispensable guide.' Walter Ott, University of Virginia