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Leibniz

By Adams, Robert Merrihew

Leibniz

By Adams, Robert Merrihew

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Legendary since his own time as a universal genius, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) contributed significantly to almost every branch of learning. One of the creators of modern mathematics, and probably the most sophisticated logician between the Middle Ages and Frege, as well as a pioneer of ecumenical theology, he also wrote extensively on such diverse subjects as history, geology, and physics. But the part of his work that is most studied today is his writings in metaphysics, which have been the focus of particularly lively philosophical discussion in the last twenty years or so. The writings contain one of the great classic systems of modern philosophy, but the system must be pieced together from a vast and miscellaneous array of manuscripts, letters, articles, and books, in a way that makes especially strenuous demands on scholarship. This book presents an in-depth interpretation of three important parts of Leibniz's metaphysics, thoroughly grounded in the texts as well as in philosophical analysis and critique. The three areas discussed are the metaphysical part of Leibniz's philosophy of logic, his essentially theological treatment of the central issues of ontology, and his theory of substance (the famous theory of monads).
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
1994-10-27
Publication Date:
1997-06-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195084608
ISBN13:
9780195084603
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[email protected]
Weight:
873 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
31 cm
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