Leibniz's metaphysics : its origins and development

Christia Mercer

This book offers a major reassessment of Leibniz's metaphysics. Christia Mercer has exposed the underlying doctrines of Leibniz's philosophy. By analysing Leibniz's early works she demonstrates that the metaphysics of pre-established harmony developed many years earlier than previously believed and for reasons which have not been understood. As a result of this analysis she has unearthed a philosophical school that Leibniz scholars have not recognized. A much deeper understanding of some of Leibniz's key doctrines emerges. Moreover, since the Leibniz that is revealed here does not fit neatly into the standard accounts of the history of philosophy and science, Christia Mercer's study will prompt scholars to reconsider their basic assumptions about early modern philosophy and science.

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This book offers a major reassessment of Leibniz's metaphysics. Christia Mercer has exposed the underlying doctrines of Leibniz's philosophy. By analysing Leibniz's early works she demonstrates that the metaphysics of pre-established harmony developed many years earlier than previously believed and for reasons which have not been understood. As a result of this analysis she has unearthed a philosophical school that Leibniz scholars have not recognized. A much deeper understanding of some of Leibniz's key doctrines emerges. Moreover, since the Leibniz that is revealed here does not fit neatly into the standard accounts of the history of philosophy and science, Christia Mercer's study will prompt scholars to reconsider their basic assumptions about early modern philosophy and science.

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[目次]

  • Acknowledgments
  • References to Leibniz's works
  • Introduction: first truths and half truths
  • Part I. Metaphysics of Method: 1. Eclecticism and conciliation, 1661-68
  • Part II. Metaphysics of Substance: 2. Aristotelian assumptions, 1668-69
  • 3. Original conception of substance, 1669
  • 4. Second conception of substance, 1669-early 1671
  • Part III. Metaphysics of Divinity: 5. Platonist assumptions
  • 6. Metaphysics of divinity, 1668-early 1671
  • Part IV. Metaphysics: 7. Matter, passivity, and panorganic vitalism 1670-71
  • 8. Phenomenalism and preestablished harmony, 1671
  • 9. Preestablished harmony, late 1671-early 1672
  • 10. Final steps toward the mature philosophy, 1672-79
  • Conclusion: the truth behind the First truths
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index locorum
  • Index.

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[目次]

  • Acknowledgments
  • References to Leibniz's works
  • Introduction: first truths and half truths
  • Part I. Metaphysics of Method: 1. Eclecticism and conciliation, 1661-68
  • Part II. Metaphysics of Substance: 2. Aristotelian assumptions, 1668-69
  • 3. Original conception of substance, 1669
  • 4. Second conception of substance, 1669-early 1671
  • Part III. Metaphysics of Divinity: 5. Platonist assumptions
  • 6. Metaphysics of divinity, 1668-early 1671
  • Part IV. Metaphysics: 7. Matter, passivity, and panorganic vitalism 1670-71
  • 8. Phenomenalism and preestablished harmony, 1671
  • 9. Preestablished harmony, late 1671-early 1672
  • 10. Final steps toward the mature philosophy, 1672-79
  • Conclusion: the truth behind the First truths
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index locorum
  • Index.

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この本の情報

書名 Leibniz's metaphysics : its origins and development
著作者等 Mercer, Christia
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2001
ページ数 xiii, 528 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780521029926
9780521403016
NCID BA56328828
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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