Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Critical Assessments, Volume 1

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R. S. Woolhouse
Psychology Press, 1994 - Philosophy - 397 pages

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was one of the seventeenth century's most important thinkers. A philosopher, mathematician and scientist, his work is comparable in scope and importance only to that of Newton and Descartes. His work dominated German philosophy until Kant, and was revived in the early part of this century when his important work on logic was re-discovered.
This four volume set contains 97 of the most important essays ever written about Leibniz's work. The selection has been made to bring out the scope of Leibniz's work in all the areas he wrote upon, as well as its importance to contemporary philosophy and the history of philosophy. It will be an essential reference work for anyone concerned with seventeenth century philosophy and science, as well as to all Leibniz specialists.

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Contents

A Reappraisal of Leibnizs Views on Space Time
20
On the Metaphysics of Leibnizian Space and Time
62
Space and Time in the Leibnizian Metaphysic
76
Time and the Monad
104
Leibnizs Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles
127
Motion and Metaphysics in the Young Leibniz
148
Quod ostendendum susceperamus What did Leibniz
177
Do Meanings Matter?
198
Leibniz on Substance Activity
289
Leibnizs Dynamics and Contingency in Nature
321
Leibniz and Atomism
342
The Principle of Continuity and the Evaluation of Theories
369
Miracles and Laws
390
The Logical Work of Leibniz
421
Leibniz and Language
436
Leibniz on Locke on Language
452

Leibniz vs the Cartesians on Motion and Force
217
Leibniz on the Metaphysical Foundations of Science
240
Passivity and Inertia in Leibnizs Dynamics
273
Leibniz and Locke on Essences
496
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