Leibnizing - A Philosopher in Motion

Richard Halpern argues that Leibniz offers a powerful, productive model for transdisciplinary thinking that can push back against the narrowness of the humanities today.

List of contents

Preface: Leibniz Among the Disciplines
1. Leibniz in Motion
2. Tinkering
3. How to Read a Leibnizian Sentence
4. Metaphorical Clumping
5. The Mathematics of Resemblance
6. Cognitive Mapping and Blended Spaces
7. Chemical Wit
8. Perspective
9. Expression
10. How to Build a Monad
11. Monadic Politics
12. The Mind-Body Problem
13. Microperceptions
14. The Je Ne Sais Quoi and the Leibnizian Unconscious
15. Mind Is a Liquid
16. The Confused and the Distinct
17. Philosophy as Aesthetic Object
18. Blind Thought
19. Dark Leibniz
20. Things Fall Apart
21. The Monad as Event: Alfred North Whitehead
22. The Monad as Strange Loop: Douglas Hofstadter
23. The Godless Monad: Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela
24. The Quantum Monad: David Bohm
25. Afterword: Leibniz in My Latte
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

About the author

Richard Halpern is the author of six books on topics ranging from Shakespeare to Norman Rockwell. At his retirement, he was Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Literature at New York University.

Summary

Richard Halpern argues that Leibniz offers a powerful, productive model for transdisciplinary thinking that can push back against the narrowness of the humanities today.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Halpern, Halpern Richard
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2023
• EAN: 9780231211154
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21115-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1600 To C 1700, philosophy; Leibniz