Leibniz : the nature of reality and the reality of nature : a study of Leibniz's double-aspect ontology and the labyrinth of the continuum / Jurgen Lawrenz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrenz, Jürgen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Metaphysics.

Reality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new, comprehensive study of Leibniz's system reveals a philosopher equally intrigued by the complexity of physical reality and the fascinations of his metaphysical laboratory. Many of his most important, but never previously published papers are eva

Contents:

CONTENTS; NOTE ON CITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS; SIGLA USED IN THE CITATION OF LEIBNIZ'S WRITING; ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR LEIBNIZ EDITIONS; ACKNOWLEGEMENTS; PREAMBLE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; THE YOUNG LEIBNIZ AND THE PROBLEM OF KINESIS; ARISTOTELIANISM AND CORPOREAL SUBSTANCES; DOUBLE ASPECT THEORY; PART II; FORC, PHYSICS, MATERIALISM; ONTOLOGY OF AGENCY; RETURN TO CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE; FROM THE COMPLETE CONCEPT TO THE LAW OF THE SERIES; PART III; THE PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUITY; SHAPES, LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES; GROUNDING EXISTENTS; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-266) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-48163-0

9786612481635

1-4438-1837-2