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Leibniz’s Metaphysics of Nature

A Group of Essays

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  • © 1981

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  1. Nicholas Rescher

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, USA

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Part of the book series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science (WONS, volume 18)

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The essays included in this volume are a mixture of old and new. Three of them make their first appearance in print on this occa­ sion (Nos III, IV, and V). The remaining four are based upon materials previously published in learned journals or anthologies. (However, these previously published papers have been revised and, generally, expanded for inclusion here.) Detailed acknowl­ edgement of prior publications is made in the notes to the relevant articles. I am grateful to the editors of these several publications for their kind permission to use this material. I am grateful to an anonymous reader for the Western Ontario Series for some useful corrigenda. And I should like to thank John Horty and Lily Knezevich for their help in seeing this material through the press. NICHOLAS RESCHER Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May, 1980 xi INTRODUCTION The unifying theme of these essays is their concern with Leibniz's metaphysics of nature. In particular, they revolve about his cos­ mology of creation and his conception of the real world as one among infinitely many equipossible alternatives.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Leibniz on Creation and the Evaluation of Possible Worlds

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Epistemology of Inductive Reasoning in Leibniz

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 20-28

  4. Leibniz and the Concept of a System

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 29-41

  5. Leibniz on the Infinite Analysis of Contingent Truths

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 42-55

  6. Leibniz on Intermonadic Relations

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 56-83

  7. Leibniz and the Plurality of Space-Time Frameworks

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 84-100

  8. The Contributions of the Paris Period (1672–76) to Leibniz’s Metaphysics

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 101-116

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 117-128
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Nicholas Rescher

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Leibniz’s Metaphysics of Nature

  • Book Subtitle: A Group of Essays

  • Authors: Nicholas Rescher

  • Series Title: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8445-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1252-3Published: 30 June 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1253-0Published: 30 June 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8445-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1566-659X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1974

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 128

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics

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