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Convergence or Genealogy? Leibniz and the Spectre of Pagan Rationality

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Smith, J.E. (2008). Convergence or Genealogy? Leibniz and the Spectre of Pagan Rationality. In: Dascal, M. (eds) Leibniz: What Kind of Rationalist?. Logic, Epistemology, and The Unity Of Science, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8668-7_27

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