Kulstad / Laerke / Snyder The Philosophy of the Young Leibniz

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-515-10830-0
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 35, 259 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Studia Leibnitiana – Sonderhefte.

The volume gathers a selection of nineteen contributions from an international conference on the seventeenth-century philosopher G. W. Leibniz held at Rice University in Houston. It focuses on the writings by the young Leibniz on a variety of subjects such as mathematics, physics, metaphysics, logic, theology and politics. It also contains a subsection with contributions on the much-debated question concerning the impact of Baruch de Spinoza‘s philosophy on Leibniz.
The objective of the volume is partly to consider the early texts as philosophical statements in their own right, partly to contribute to the understanding of the evolution and genesis of Leibniz‘s philosophy by tracing the tenets of his mature philosophy back to their origin.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kulstad, Mark

Laerke, Mogens

Snyder, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Contents;6
2;INTRODUCTION;8
3;ACTUAL INFINITESIMALS IN LEIBNIZ’S EARLY THOUGHT;12
4;APPROACHING INFINITY: PHILOSOPHICAL CONSEQUENCES OF LEIBNIZ’S MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN PARIS AND THEREAFTER;30
5;ANIMAE SEPARATAE IN LEIBNIZ’S ECUMENICAL WRITINGS AND IN HIS EARLY METAPHYSICS;50
6;RAMIST DIALECTIC IN LEIBNIz’S EARLY THOUGHT;60
7;WHAT DID LEIBNIZ LEARN ABOUT BODY IN JANUARY 1678?;68
8;WHO’S AFRAID OF THE LAZY FALLACY? FATALISM AND THE NATURE OF LEIBNIZIAN FREEDOM;84
9;LEIBNIz ON MATHEMATICS AND REPRESENTATION: KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF IRREDUCIBLE DIVERSITY;96
10;LEIBNIZ, DIVINE CONCURRENCE, AND OCCASIONALISM IN 1677;112
11;FROM SUBSTANTIAL FORM TO SUBSTANTIAL FUNCTION: INDIVIDUATION AS AN ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC PRINCIPLE IN LEIBNIZ’S METAPHYSICS;122
12;LEIBNIZ ON SELF-PUNISHMENT AND AVENGING JUSTICE;130
13;ON THE CONSTITUTION OF LEIBNIzIAN FORMALISM;140
14;LEIBNIZ ON INFINITE ANALYSIS AND THE LOGIC OF CONCEPTS;148
15;THE ANALYSIS OF REFLECTION AND LEIBNIZ’S EARLY RESPONSE TO SPINOZA;162
16;A FEW REMARKS ON THE LEIBNIZIAN CONCEPTION OF THE MIND IN THE “EARLY WRITINGS” OF LEIBNIZ;178
17;IT’S LOVE! LEIBNIZ’S FOUNDATION OF NATURAL LAW AS THE OUTCOME OF HIS STRUGGLE WITH HOBBES’ AND SPINOZA’S NATURALISM;190
18;DE ORIGINE RERUM EX FORMIS (APRIL 1676): A QUASI-SPINOZISTIC PARALLELISM IN DE SUMMA RERUM;204
19;LEIBNIZ ON SPINOZA’S PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON;222
20;LEIBNIz’S AD ETHICAM MANUSCRIPT;234
21;QUESTIONS OF HUMAN FREEDOM: LEIBNIZ AND SPINOZA;248

Über Autor(innen)

Laerke, Mogens
Mogens Lærke. Docteur ès Lettres in philosophy from University of Paris IV - Sorbonne. He currently holds a position as Harper Fellow at the University of Chicago.

Kulstad, Mark
Mark Kulstad, Professor of Philosophy at Rice University and twice President of the Leibniz Society of North America.

Snyder, David
David Snyder. During most of the time editorial work was done, he was a Ph.D. student in philosophy at Rice University, earning his MA and teaching philosophy. Currently, he is a law student at the University of Texas.