Leibniz and the Natural World Activity, Passivity and Corporeal Substances in Leibniz's Philosophy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Phemister, Pauline (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Σειρά: The New Synthese Historical Library Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy ; 58
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Philosophy of nature.; Philosophy, general.; History of Philosophy.; Philosophy of Nature.

In the present book, Pauline Phemister argues against traditional Anglo-American interpretations of Leibniz as an idealist who conceives ultimate reality as a plurality of mind-like immaterial beings and for whom physical bodies are ultimately unreal and our perceptions of them illusory. Re-reading...