Collected Papers - Volume 13: Studies in Leibniz's Cosmology

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List of contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Referential Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 ALTERNATIVE POSSIBLE WORLDS -- Chapter 2 LEIBNIZ ON THE WORLD'S CONTINGENCY -- Chapter 3 LEIBNIZ ON ONTOLOGICAL PERFECTION -- Chapter 4 SOME PURPORTED OBSTACLES TO LEIBNIZ'S OPTIMALISM -- Chapter 5 LEIBNIZIAN PHYSICS -- Chapter 6 LEIBNIZIAN PHYSICS REVIVED (GÖDEL-LEIBNIZ-PLATO AND A BIT OF EINSTEIN) -- Chapter 7 ANALOGY AND PHILOSOPHICAL METHOD IN LEIBNIZ -- Chapter 8 COORDINATING EPISTEMOLOGY AND ONTOLOGY IN LEIBNIZ -- References -- Nicholas Rescher's Publications on Leibniz -- Index of Names -- Backmatter

About the author

Nicholas Rescher, distinguished university professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, is currently chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Rescher
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9783110332308
• ISBN: 978-3-11-033230-8
• No. of pages: 229
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 20 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 391 g
• Sets: Collected Papers; Collected Papers
• Series: Collected Papers; Collected Papers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous