Leibniz's Metaphysics : : A Historical and Comparative Study / / Catherine Wilson.
This study of the metaphysics of G. W. Leibniz gives a clear picture of his philosophical development within the general scheme of seventeenth-century natural philosophy. Catherine Wilson examines the shifts in Leibniz's thinking as he confronted the major philosophical problems of his era. Beg...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1990 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in Intellectual History and the History of Philosophy ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. language, logic, encyclopedia
- II. First philosophy
- III. The Discourse on Metaphysics
- IV. Metaphysical foundations for natural science
- V. Atom, substance, soul
- VI. Leibniz’s theories of space, motion, and gravity
- VII. Experience and the self: the New Essays
- VIII. The problem of theodicy
- IX. Critical and compensatory metaphysics
- Works consulted
- Index