Substance and Individuation in Leibniz
J A Cover author John O'Leary-Hawthorne author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:4th Sep '08
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This book offers a sustained re-evaluation of the most central and perplexing themes of Leibniz's metaphysics. In contrast to traditional assessments that view the metaphysics in terms of its place among post-Cartesian theories of the world, Jan Cover and John O'Leary-Hawthorne examine the question of how the scholastic themes which were Leibniz's inheritance figure - and are refigured - in his mature account of substance and individuation. From this emerges a sometimes surprising assessment of Leibniz's views on modality, the Identity of Indiscernibles, form as an internal law, and the complete-concept doctrine. As a rigorous philosophical treatment of a still-influential mediary between scholastic and modern metaphysics, this study will be of interest to historians of philosophy and contemporary metaphysicians alike.
Review of the hardback: 'J. A. Cover and John Hawthorne have written an important, and exciting, book … it is a stunning vindication of the value that 'philosophical' history of philosophy can have.' Mind
ISBN: 9780521073035
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
Weight: 470g
320 pages