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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phemister, Pauline (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
Series:The New Synthese Historical Library Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy ; 58
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Substances: Public and Private
  • Primary Matter
  • Extension
  • The Composition of Bodies
  • The Composition of the Continuum
  • Perceptions and Perceivers
  • Phenomenal Bodies
  • Derivative Forces
  • Pre-Established Harmony
  • Freedom.