Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (eBook)
LXXII, 520 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-1-4020-5228-6 (ISBN)
Remembered mainly as a logician and mathematician, Leibniz also endeavored to resolve political and religious conflicts of his day by bringing opponents into negotiation. The dialectical Leibniz who emerges from the texts here translated, commented, and interpreted is certainly not the familiar one. The book sheds new light on the familiar, yet incomplete image of Leibniz, providing further reason for cherishing and cultivating the heritage of a truly great man.
Leibniz is known to the wide public and to many scholars mainly as a logician and mathematician, and as the creator of a fascinating but strange metaphysical system. In these, as well as in other fields, his remarkable innovations were achieved by painstaking efforts to establish a fruitful critical dialogue with the leading contemporary thinkers. He was no less important, however, in his practical endeavor to bring opponents to negotiate reasonable solutions to key political and religious conflicts of his time.Both his theoretical and practical activities were informed by a philosophical mind that sought in all circumstances the most general underlying principles; by a juridical mind that sought to bring order and structure to human interaction, without sacrificing the necessary flexibility; by an argumentative mind that knows that persuading is often more important than proving; by a scientific mind eager to organize past and present knowledge so as not to miss any bit of information capable of pointing the way to new discoveries; by a theologian mind that refuses to admit that religious conflicts between true believers are irresolvable; and by an ethical and political mind whose major concern is to direct all our intellectual work towards improving the well-being of humankind.
Contents 7
Abbreviations 10
About the Apparatus 12
Acknowledgements 13
Introductory Essay 17
1. Introduction 18
2. Motivation 20
3. Sources 26
4. Content 35
5. Scope 49
6. Significance 59
7. Policies 67
Chapter 1 VICES OF MINGLED DISPUTES 71
Chapter 2 THE CONTROVERSY OF CONTROVERSIES 77
Chapter 3 THE RELIGION OF A PEASANT 95
Chapter 4 THE ELEMENTS OF THINKING 99
Chapter 5 THE BALANCE OF LAW 104
Chapter 6 CAN THERE BE AN OBLIGATION TO BELIEVE? 110
A. FIRST DRAFT 111
B. NEW VERSION 113
C. FINAL VERSION 113
Chapter 7 CONTROVERSIES ON SACRED MATTERS 117
Chapter 8 THE JUDGE OF CONTROVERSIES 123
A. FIRST DRAFT 125
B. DEFINITIVE VERSION 126
C. RICHELIEU AND DE GROOT ON CONTROVERSIES 128
D. THE UTILITY OF CONTROVERSIES 129
E. THE MOST USEFUL KIND OF CONTROVERSIES 129
F. CONTROVERSIES9 130
Chapter 9 TOWARDS A HEURISTICS FOR LITIGATION 132
A. PRESERVING FORM IN LITIGATION 132
B. ALL POSSIBLE LITIGATIONS 133
C. A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL LITIGATIONS 134
D. JURIDICAL COMMONPLACES 135
E. BROCARDIC PRINCIPLES 137
Chapter 10 THE METHOD OF JURISTS AND THE METHOD OF DOCTORS 142
Chapter 11 INTERPRETATION AND ARGUMENTATION IN LAW 144
A. PROLEGOMENA 145
B. ON THE INTERPRETATION, FOUNDATIONS, APPLICATION AND SYSTEM OF LAWS 146
Chapter 12 TOWARDS A HEURISTICS FOR DISCOVERY 160
A. THE ART OF INVENTION 161
B. TABLES, DIVISIONS, AND THE PLURALITY OF METHODS 165
C. A PRINCIPLE OF DISCOVERY 168
D. A RULE OF DISCOVERY 168
Chapter 13 ESTIMATING THE UNCERTAIN 172
On The Estimation of the Uncertain 173
Chapter 14 TOWARDS A NUMERICAL UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE 186
Characteristic Numbers for a Universal Language 187
Chapter 15 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA AND THE METHOD OF DISCOVERY 195
Project of a New Encyclopedia to be written following the method of invention 196
Chapter 16 TOWARDS A HEURISTICS FOR PERSUADING 208
A. THE POWER OF PERSUADING 209
B. CONCURRENCE OF ARGUMENTS 210
C. QUICKLY DEFEATING AN ADVERSARY 210
D. WORDS 211
E. PARADOXES 212
F. WRONGDOING 213
G. HOW GRAVE A SIN IS NOT SAYING THE TRUTH? 213
H. THE OCCASION FOR PERSUADING 217
I. DISPUTING UNTIL COMPLETION 220
Chapter 17 THE OTHER’S PLACE 228
Chapter 18 PERSUADING A SKEPTIC 232
Chapter 19 ON CONTROVERSIES 266
Chapter 20 ON PRINCIPLES 274
Chapter 21 TWO PREFACES TO THE GENERAL SCIENCE 277
A.THE INSTAURATION OF THE SCIENCES: A PREFACE 278
B. FOUNDATIONS AND EXAMPLES OF A NEW GENERAL SCIENCE 280
Chapter 22 INTRODUCTION TO A SECRET ENCYCLOPEDIA 283
Chapter 23 ON THE CREATION OF A NEW LOGIC 289
Chapter 24 NEW OPENINGS 295
Chapter 25 THEOLOGY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF CONTRADICTION 301
Chapter 26 CHANGING RELIGION 305
Chapter 27 METHODS OF REUNION 310
Chapter 28 AN ARS CHARACTERISTICA FOR THE RATIONAL SCIENCES 326
Chapter 29 ‘CHARACTERIZING’ DEFINITIONS AND DEMONSTRATING PROPOSITIONS 333
Chapter 30 ADVANCING THE ART OF DISCOVERY 336
Chapter 31 CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAMBURG JUNGIANS 345
A. LEIBNIZ TO PLACCIUS 346
B. LEIBNIZ TO PLACCIUS 350
D. LEIBNIZ TO PLACCIUS 355
E. LEIBNIZ TO PLACCIUS 356
F. LEIBNIZ TO PLACCIUS 357
Chapter 32 THE PHILOSOPHICAL SIN CONTROVERSY 364
Chapter 33 CONFRONTING THE CATHOLIC HARDLINERS 368
A. FIRST MEMOIR 368
B. SECOND MEMOIR 374
Chapter 34 DEFINING WHAT PERTAINS TO FAITH 384
Chapter 35 JUDGMENT OF A CATHOLIC DOCTOR 387
Chapter 36 PRESUMPTIONS AND FICTIONS IN LEGAL ARGUMENTATION 399
A. LEIBNIZ TO WERLHOF 400
B. LEIBNIZ TO WERLHOF 401
C. WERLHOF TO LEIBNIZ 405
D. LEIBNIZ TO WERLHOF 407
E. WERLHOF TO LEIBNIZ 408
F. LEIBNIZ TO WERLHOF 410
Chapter 37 THE ‘METHOD OF ESTABLISHMENTS’ 416
Chapter 38 THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LOGIC AND BEYOND 430
Chapter 39 PACTS, CONTRACTS, AND NATURAL LAW 448
Chapter 40 APPROACHING THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 455
A. ANNOTATOR’S PREFACE (A) 456
B. ANNOTATIONS TO THE TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE 461
C. SYNOPSIS 462
Chapter 41 DIALECTIC PRINCIPLES AND THEIR APPLICATION 474
A. THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF REASON 475
B. BETWEEN BAYLE AND LE CLERC* 475
C. LETTER TO JAQUELOT 477
Chapter 42 THE HISTORY AND TASKS OF LOGIC 483
Chapter 43 BOLD CONJECTURES 489
Chapter 44 THE DYNAMICS OF FORMULATING AND EXPOUNDING THE SYSTEM 498
Chapter 45 THE USE OF LOGIC AGAINST SKEPTICISM 503
Biographical Notes 507
References 524
Subject Index 533
Name Index 558
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.5.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The New Synthese Historical Library |
| Mitarbeit |
Sonstige Mitarbeit: A. Cardoso, Q. Racionero |
| Zusatzinfo | LXXII, 520 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Schlagworte | 15th century • Argumentation • Art of Controversies • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz • History of Philosophy • Interpret • Knowledge • leibniz • Logic • Rationality • Religion • skepticism • Theology |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4020-5228-6 / 1402052286 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-5228-6 / 9781402052286 |
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