Leibniz's metaphysics : its origins and development /

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Author / Creator:Mercer, Christia.
Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description:xiii, 528 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4568480
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ISBN:0521403014
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-500) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • References to Leibniz's works
  • Introduction: first truths and half truths
  • Part I. Metaphysics of Method
  • 1. Eclecticism and conciliation, 1661âÇô68
  • Part II. Metaphysics of Substance
  • 2. Aristotelian assumptions, 1668âÇô69
  • 3. Original conception of substance, 1669
  • 4. Second conception of substance, 1669âÇôearly 1671
  • Part III. Metaphysics of Divinity
  • 5. Platonist assumptions
  • 6. Metaphysics of divinity, 1668âÇôearly 1671
  • Part IV. Metaphysics
  • 7. Matter, passivity, and panorganic vitalism 1670âÇô71
  • 8. Phenomenalism and preestablished harmony, 1671
  • 9. Preestablished harmony, late 1671âÇôearly 1672
  • 10. Final steps toward the mature philosophy, 1672âÇô79
  • Conclusion: the truth behind the First truths
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index locorum
  • Index