The Oxford Handbook of Leibniz

by Antognazza, Maria Rosa

• ISBN13: 9780199744725
• ISBN10: 0199744726
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-11-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Maria Rosa Antognazza is Professor of Philosophy at King's College London. Her publications include Leibniz on the Trinity and the Incarnation: Reason and Revelation in the Seventeenth Century (Yale University Press 2007); Leibniz: An Intellectual Biography (Cambridge University Press 2009; winner of the 2010 Pfizer Award); and Leibniz: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press 2016).

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction Maria Rosa Antognazza
Life and Works Maria Rosa Antognazza

Part I
1. Essences, Ideas, and Truths in God's Mind and in the Human Mind Massimo Mugnai
2. Theory of Relations and Universal Harmony Massimo Mugnai
3. The Principles of Contradiction, Sufficient Reason, and Identity of Indiscernibles Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
4. The Actual World Donald Rutherford
5. Freedom and Contingency Jeffrey K. McDonough
6. The Problem of Evil and the Justice of God Paul Rateau

Part II
7. The Complete Concept of an Individual Substance Stefano Di Bella
8. Theory of Knowledge: Mathematical and Natural Science Martha Bolton
9. The Scientia Generalis and the Encyclopaedia Arnaud Pelletier
10. Ars Characteristica, Logical Calculus, and Natural Languages Massimo Mugnai

Part III
11. The Calculus Siegmund Probst
12. Determinant Theory, Symmetric Functions, and Dyadic Eberhard Knobloch
13. Analysis Situs, the Foundations of Mathematics, and a Geometry of Space Vincenzo De Risi
14. Probability and Statistics James Cussens

Part IV
15. The Labyrinth of the Continuum Richard Arthur
16. Early Physics Philip Beeley
17. Force and Dynamics Daniel Garber and Tzuchien Tho
18. Body and Corporeal Substance Daniel Garber
19. Monads Donald Rutherford
20. Monadic Perception Heinrich Schepers
21. Mind and Body Adam Harmer
22. Space and Time Heinrich Schepers

Part V
23. Optics Jeffrey K. McDonough
24. Cosmology Domenico Bertoloni Meli
25. The Origins and History of the Earth Andre Wakefield
26. Physiology and Organic Bodies François Duchesneau
27. Medicine Justin E. H. Smith
28. Alchemy and Chemistry Anne-Lise Rey
29. Calculating Machine Matthew L. Jones
30. The Technology of Mining and Other Technical Innovations Hartmut Hecht and Jürgen Gottschalk

Part VI
31. Scientific Organizations and Learned Societies Hartmut Rudolph
32. Leibniz's Network Howard Hotson
33. Leibniz as Historian Maria Rosa Antognazza
34. Leibniz as Librarian Margherita Palumbo

Part VII
35. Happiness and Justice Gregory Brown
36. Leibniz as Jurist Alberto Artosi and Giovanni Sartor
37. Leibniz's Political Vision for Europe Friedrich Beiderbeck
38. Proposals for Political, Administrative, Economic, and Social Reform Stephan Waldhoff

Part VIII
39. Arguments for the Existence of God Brandon C. Look
40. Faith and Reason Maria Rosa Antognazza
41. Philosophical Theology and Christian Doctrines Maria Rosa Antognazza
42. Ecclesiology, Ecumenism, and Toleration Maria Rosa Antognazza