The Oxford Handbook of Leibniz

Buch | Hardcover

824 Seiten

2018
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-974472-5 (ISBN)

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This volume provides a uniquely comprehensive, systematic, and up-to-date appraisal of Leibniz's thought thematically organized around its diverse but interrelated aspects. By pulling together the best specialized work in the many domains to which Leibniz contributed, its ambition is to offer the most rounded picture of Leibniz's endeavors currently available.

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.

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).

Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction Maria Rosa Antognazza
Life and Works Maria Rosa Antognazza

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Part 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

Erscheinungsdatum	02.11.2018
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Handbooks
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	251 x 180 mm
Gewicht	1538 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	0-19-974472-6 / 0199744726
ISBN-13	978-0-19-974472-5 / 9780199744725
Zustand	Neuware