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1 online resource (xix, 801 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford handbooks online |
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Oxford handbooks online.
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| Contents |
Part I. God, possible worlds, and the actual world -- Part II. Concepts, knowledge, and language -- Part III. Mathematics -- Part IV. The physical world and its metaphysical grounding -- Part V. Scientific and technical work -- Part VI. Scientific organizations, cultural networking, and scholarship -- Part VII. Ethics, jurisprudence, and politics -- Part VIII. Natural and revealed religion |
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Life and works / Maria Rosa Antognazza -- Essences, ideas, and truths in God's mind and in the human mind / Massimo Mugnai -- Theory of relations and universal harmony / Massimo Mugnai -- The principles of contradiction, sufficient reason, and identity of discernibles / Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra -- The actual world / Donald Rutherford -- Freedom and contingency /Jeffrey K. McDonough -- The problem of evil and the justice of God / Paul Rateau -- The complete concept of an individual substance / Stefano Di Bella -- Theory of knowledge: mathematical and natural science / Martha Bolton -- The Scientia Generalis and the encyclopedia / Arnaud Pelletier -- Ars Characteristica, logical calculus, and natural languages / Massimo Mugnai -- The calculus / Siegmund Probst -- Determinant theory, symmetric functions, and dyadic / Eberhard Knobloch -- Probability and statistics / James Cussens -- The labyrinth of the continuum / Richard T.W. Arthur -- Early physics / Philip Beeley -- Force and dynamics / Daniel Garber and Tzuchien Tho -- Body and corporeal substance / Daniel Garber -- Monads / Donald Rutherford -- Monadic perception / Heinrich Schepers -- Mind and body / Adam Harmer -- Space and time / Heinrich Schepers -- Optics / Jeffrey K. McDonough -- Cosmology / Domenico Bertoloni Meli -- The origins and history of the earth / Andre Wakefield -- Physiology and organic bodies / François Duchesneau -- Medicine / Justin E.H. Smith -- Alchemy and chemistry / Anne-Lise Rey -- Calculating machine / Matthew L. Jones -- The technology of mining and other technological innovations / Hartmut Hecht and Jürgen Gottschalk -- Scientific organizations and learned societies / Hartmut Rudolph -- Lebniz's network / Howard Hotson -- Leibniz as historian / Maria Rosa Antoganzza -- Leibniz as librarian / Margherita Palumbo -- Happiness and justice / Gregory Brown -- Leibniz as jurist / Alberto Artosi and Giovanni Sartor -- Leibniz's political vision for Europe / Friedrich Beiderbeck -- Proposals for political, administrative, economic, and social reform / Stephan Waldhoff -- Arguments for the existence of God / Brandon C. Look -- Faith and reason / Maria Rosa Antognazza -- Philosophical theology and Christian doctrines / Maria Rosa Antognazza -- Ecclesiology, ecumenism, and toleration / Maria Rosa Antognazza |
| Summary |
The extraordinary breadth and depth of Leibniz's intellectual vision commands ever increasing attention. As more texts gradually emerge from seemingly bottomless archives, new facets of his contribution to an astonishing variety of fields come to light. This volume provides a uniquely comprehensive, systematic, and up-to-date appraisal of Leibniz's thought thematically organized around its diverse but interrelated aspects. Discussion of his philosophical system naturally takes place of pride. A cluster of original essays revisit his logic, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of nature, moral and political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. The scope of the volume, however, goes beyond that of a philosophical collection to embrace all the main features of0Leibniz's thought and activity. Contributions are offered on Leibniz as a mathematician (including not only his calculus but also determinant theory, symmetric functions, the dyadic, the analysis situs, probability and statistics); on Leibniz as a scientist (physics and also optics, cosmology, geology, physiology, medicine, and chemistry); on his technical innovations (the calculating machine and the technology of mining, as well as other discoveries); on his work as an 'intelligencer' and cultural networker, as jurist, historian, editor of sources and librarian; on his views on Europe's political future, religious toleration, and ecclesiastical reunification; on his proposals for political, administrative, economic, and social reform. In so doing, the volume serves as a unique0cross-disciplinary point of contact for the many domains to which Leibniz contributed. By assembling leading specialists on all these topics, it offers the most rounded picture of Leibniz's endeavors currently available |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Handbooks, viewed October 18, 2018) |
| Subject |
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 fast |
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Philosophy, German -- 17th century
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Philosophy, German -- 18th century.
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Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century.
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Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century.
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Philosophy.
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philosophy.
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Philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Antognazza, Maria Rosa, 1964- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199984060 |
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0199984069 |
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9780190913632 |
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0190913630 |
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