The Oxford Handbook of Leibniz (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Antognazza, Maria Rosa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 of Leibniz'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 unique cross-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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 928
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190913649
• Artikelnr.: 54603022

Autorenporträt

Maria Rosa Antognazza is Professor of Philosophy at King's College London. Her publications include Leibniz on the Trinity and the Incarnation: Reason and Revelation in the Seventeenth Century (Yale University Press 2007); Leibniz: An Intellectual Biography (Cambridge University Press 2009; winner of the 2010 Pfizer Award); and Leibniz: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

* Abbreviations
* List of Contributors
* Introduction Maria Rosa Antognazza
* Life and Works Maria Rosa Antognazza
* I.God, Possible Worlds, and the Actual World
* 1. Essences, Ideas, and Truths in God's Mind and in the Human Mind
* Massimo Mugnai
* 2. Theory of Relations and Universal Harmony Massimo Mugnai
* 3. The Principles of Contradiction, Sufficient Reason, and Identity
of Indiscernibles Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
* 4. The Actual World Donald Rutherford
* 5. Freedom and Contingency Jeffrey K. McDonough
* 6. The Problem of Evil and the Justice of God Paul Rateau
* II.Concepts, Knowledge, and Language
* 7. The Complete Concept of an Individual Substance Stefano Di Bella
* 8. Theory of Knowledge: Mathematical and Natural Science Martha
Bolton
* 9. The Scientia Generalis and the Encyclopaedia Arnaud Pelletier
* 10. Ars Characteristica, Logical Calculus, and Natural Languages
Massimo Mugnai
* III.Mathematics
* 11. The Calculus Siegmund Probst
* 12. Determinant Theory, Symmetric Functions, and Dyadic Eberhard
Knobloch
* 13. Analysis Situs, the Foundations of Mathematics, and a Geometry of
Space Vincenzo De Risi
* 14. Probability and Statistics James Cussens
* IV. The Physical World and its Metaphysical Grounding
* 15. The Labyrinth of the Continuum Richard Arthur
* 16. Early Physics Philip Beeley
* 17. Force and Dynamics
* Daniel Garber and Tzuchien Tho
* 18. Body and Corporeal Substance Daniel Garber
* 19. Monads Donald Rutherford
* 20. Monadic Perception Heinrich Schepers
* 21. Mind and Body Adam Harmer
* 22. Space and Time Heinrich Schepers
* V.Scientific and Technical Work
* 23. Optics Jeffrey K. McDonough
* 24. Cosmology Domenico Bertoloni Meli
* 25. The Origins and History of the Earth Andre Wakefield
* 26. Physiology and Organic Bodies François Duchesneau
* 27. Medicine Justin E. H. Smith
* 28. Alchemy and Chemistry Anne-Lise Rey
* 29. Calculating Machine Matthew L. Jones
* 30. The Technology of Mining and Other Technical Innovations Hartmut
Hecht and Jürgen Gottschalk
* VI. Scientific Organizations, Cultural Networking, and Scholarship
* 31. Scientific Organizations and Learned Societies Hartmut Rudolph
* 32. Leibniz's Network Howard Hotson
* 33. Leibniz as Historian Maria Rosa Antognazza
* 34. Leibniz as Librarian Margherita Palumbo
* VII. Ethics, Jurisprudence, and Politics
* 35. Happiness and Justice Gregory Brown
* 36. Leibniz as Jurist Alberto Artosi and Giovanni Sartor
* 37. Leibniz's Political Vision for Europe Friedrich Beiderbeck
* 38. Proposals for Political, Administrative, Economic, and Social
Reform Stephan Waldhoff
* VIII. Natural and Revealed Religion
* 39. Arguments for the Existence of God Brandon C. Look
* 40. Faith and Reason Maria Rosa Antognazza
* 41. Philosophical Theology and Christian Doctrines Maria Rosa
Antognazza
* 42. Ecclesiology, Ecumenism, and Toleration Maria Rosa Antognazza
Index