Tercentenary essays on the philosophy and science of Leibniz. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lloyd Strickland, Eric Vynckier, Julia Weckend.
• Editors: Strickland, Lloyd, 1973-; Vynckier, Erik; Weckend, Julia
• Contents: Introduction: Lloyd Strickland, Julia Weckend.- SECTION 1: SCIENCE.- Philosophy and science in Leibniz: Maria Rosa Antognazza.- Between learned science and technical knowledge: Leibniz, Leeuwenhoek and the school for microscopists: Alessandro Becchi.- Leibniz, organic matter and astrobiology: Richard T. W. Arthur.- SECTION 2: METAPHYSICS.- Plenitude and mirrors of God in Leibniz: Nicholas Jolley.- As matter to form so passive to active? The irreducible metaphysics of Leibniz's Dynamics: Tzuchien Tho.- Conceptual analysis and ontology in the Leibniz – De Volder correspondence: Stefano di Bella.- SECTION 3: EPISTEMOLOGY.- Leibniz's empirical, not empiricist methodology: Dale Jacquette.- Leibniz on certainty: Julia Weckend.- Leibniz and probability in the moral domain: Chris Meyns.- SECTION 4: RELIGION AND THEOLOGY.- How Leibniz would have responded to the Lisbon earthquake: Lloyd Strickland.- Leibniz on the efficacy and economy of divine grace: Agustín Echavarría.- Eternal punishment, universal salvation and pragmatic theology in Leibniz: Paul Lodge.- BIOGRAPHICAL CONCLUSION.- In the 'hinterland' of globalization? Leibniz and the European expansion: Michael Kempe.- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (354 pages)
• Subjects: 193; Philosophy; Philosophy -- Metaphysics; Philosophy -- Epistemology; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Metaphysics; Genetic epistemology; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; Philosophy of mathematics; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319388304
• Related ISBNs: 9783319388298
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