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The Natural Philosophy of Leibniz

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Kathleen Okruhlik

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, Canada

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  2. James Robert Brown

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science (WONS, volume 29)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: The Natural Philosophy of Leibniz

    • Kathleen Okruhlik, James Robert Brown
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Problem of Indiscernibles in Leibniz’s 1671 Mechanics

    • François Duchesneau
    Pages 7-26

  4. Leibniz and the Foundations of Physics: The Middle Years

    • Daniel Garber
    Pages 27-130

  5. Why Motion is Only a Well-Founded Phenomenon

    • Ian Hacking
    Pages 131-150

  6. Monadic Relations

    • Graeme Hunter
    Pages 151-170

  7. Miracles and Laws

    • Robert McRae
    Pages 171-181

  8. The Status of Scientific Laws in the Leibnizian System

    • Kathleen Okruhlik
    Pages 183-206

  9. Leibniz on the Side of the Angels

    • Robert E. Butts
    Pages 207-226

  10. Leibniz and Kant on Mathematical and Philosophical Knowledge

    • Jürgen Mittelstrass
    Pages 227-261

  11. Leibniz’s Theory of Time

    • Richard T. W. Arthur
    Pages 263-313

  12. Leibniz and Scientific Realism

    • William Seager
    Pages 315-331

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 333-342
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, Canada

    Kathleen Okruhlik

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada

    James Robert Brown

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Natural Philosophy of Leibniz

  • Editors: Kathleen Okruhlik, James Robert Brown

  • Series Title: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5490-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2145-7Published: 31 October 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8923-4Published: 02 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5490-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1566-659X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1974

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 342

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History, general

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