Donald Rutherford

Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The most up-to-date and comprehensive interpretation of the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), who proposed the theory that nature is an order designed by God to maximize opportunities for the exercise of reason. Making considerable use of unpublished manuscript sources, author Donald Rutherford seeks to demonstrate the systematic unity of Leibniz's thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780521597371
• ISBN-10: 0521597374
• Artikelnr.: 22097964

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Theodicy: 1. The vindication of divine justice
2. The maximisation of perfection and harmony
3. Happiness and virtue in the best of all possible worlds
Part II. First philosophy: 4. Metaphysics and its method
5. The categories of thought and being
6. Substance
Part III. Nature: 7. Modelling the best of all possible worlds
8. Monads, matter, and organisms
9. Dynamics and the reality of matter
10. Corporeal substance and the union of soul body.