| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 528 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-500) and indexes. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- References to Leibniz's works -- Introduction : first truths and half truths -- PART I. Metaphysics of method -- 1. Eclectism 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-early1671 -- PART III. Metaphysics of divinity -- 5. Platonist assumptions -- 6. Metaphysics of divinity, 1668-early 1671 -- PARY IV. Metaphysics -- 7. Matter, passivity, and panorganic vitalism, 1670-71 -- 8. Phenomenalism and pre-established harmony 1671 -- 9. Preestablished harmony, late 1671-early 1672 -- 10. Final steps toward the mature philosophy, 1672-1679 -- Conclusion : the truth behind the First Truths -- Appendix I : (not exactly) first truths -- Appendix II : Leibniz's original assumptions -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- Index. |
| Summary |
This book offers a major reassessment of Leibniz's metaphysics. Christia Mercer has exposed for the first time 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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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. (OCoLC)fst00039580
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.
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Metaphysics -- History -- 17th century.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Metaphysics. (OCoLC)fst01018304
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Metafysica.
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Metaphysik.
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1600-1699
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Metaphysics.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mercer, Christia. Leibniz's metaphysics. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521403014 (DLC) 00052935 (OCoLC)45304091 |
| ISBN |
0511039379 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511039379 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511498268 (electronic bk.) |
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0511498268 (electronic bk.) |
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