PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Palkoska, Jan
TI  - 
DP  - 2013 Mar 30
TA  - Aither
PG  - 98--131
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/aither.2013.005
IS  - 18037879
AB  - In this paper, I examine the prospects of the two major views of how to interpret the inesse relation in Spinoza's definitions of substance and mode in the Ethics - the inherence interpretation and the causal interpretation. I argue that these interpretations face a problem in reconciling the claim that modes are in substance with the claim that modes are conceived through substance. I consider a number of strategies that proponents of these readings might use to overcome the problem, and conclude that none is really satisfactory.