Leibniz on Individuals and Individuation: The Persistence of Premodern Ideas in Modern Philosophy

by Laurence B. McCullough

Book Overview

Leibniz's earliest philosophy and its importance for his mature philosophy have not been examined in detail, particularly in the level of detail that one can achieve by placing Leibniz's philosophy in the context of the sources for two of the most basic concerns of his philosophical career: his metaphysics of individuals and the principle oftheir individuation. In this book I provide for the first time a detailed examination of these two Leibnizian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792338642
• ISBN13: 9780792338642
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"