Conway, Anne, The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy. London, 1692.
Anne Conway’s main philosophical writing, originally anonymously published, established her views on ontology of spirit, with a Platonist metaphysical ideology. Conway explains her tripartite hierarchy of species, including ‘God’, ‘Middle nature’, and ‘species’. In her writings, Conway opposes the views of More, Descartes, Hobbes, and Spinoza.
Detlefsen, Karen, 2018, “Cavendish and Conway on the Individual Human Mind”, in Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages, Rebecca Copenhaver (ed.), New York: Routledge, 134–56.
Karen Detlefsen writes about Cavendish and Conway on their specific views of the ‘Human Mind’. Specific to Conway, Detlefsen analyzes views from The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy, and notes on the avoidance of weaker arguments by Hobbes, Descartes and Spinoza. The book is about the philosophy of mind, specifically in the modern ages. Chapter six of the text focuses on Conway’s specific writings and philosophy of mind.
Grey, John, 2017, “Conway’s Ontological Objection to Cartesian Dualism”, Philosophers’ Imprint 17.13: 1–9.
In this paper, John Grey reviews and analyzes Conway’s views in relation to Cartesian Dualism. In the text he explains her Ontological objections and why he believes that her argument objecting substance dualism is plausible. Grey also examines how Conways principles relate to Descartes’ views.
Lascano, Marcy P., 2013, “Anne Conway: Bodies in the Spiritual World”, Philosophy Compass, 8(4): 327–336. doi:10.1111/phc3.12025
Marcy Lascano discusses Anne Conway’s philosophy on ‘Bodies in the Spiritual World’. She analyzes how Conway can claim that all bodies are spiritual, yet, created substances contain some type of body. Lascano describes objections and critiques brought up by Peter Loptson.
The Conway Letters: The Correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More, and Their Friends 1642–1684, Marjorie Hope Nicolson and Sarah Hutton (eds.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. doi:10.1093/actrade/9780198248767.book.1
This collection of letters communicated Conways views and correspondences with philosophers of her time. Most letters are sent between Anne Conway and Henry More. This specific selection of letters is a revised edition from the original published in 1930. In these writings, Conway and More discuss several topics including Quakerism, Familism, Behenism, and views on Spinoza.