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Space, time, and theology in the Leibniz-Newton controversy /

In the famous Correspondence with Clarke, which took place during the last year of Leibniz's life, Leibniz advanced several arguments purporting to refute the absolute theory of space and time that was held by Newton and his followers. The main aim of this book is to reassess Leibniz's att...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khamara, Edward J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2006.
Colección:Process thought ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Editorial Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter ILeibniz's Last Controversy with theNewtonians; Chapter IINewtonian Absolutism; Chapter IIILeibnizian Relativism; Chapter IVOn Properties; Chapter VThe Identity of Indiscernibles; Chapter VIThe Nutcracker at Work; Chapter VIILeibniz's Verificationist Argument; Chapter VIIIA Digression on Boethius:Eternity and Omniscience; Chapter IXOmniscience: Leibniz versus Clarke; Chapter XOmniscience and Omnipotence:Clarke and Arnauld against Leibniz; Bibliography.