Possibility, Agency, and Individuality in Leibniz’s Metaphysics

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Nachtomy, Ohad (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Σειρά: The New Synthese Historical Library, Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy ; 61
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Metaphysics.; Modern philosophy.; History of Philosophy.; Modern Philosophy.; Philosophy, general.

This work presents Leibniz’s subtle approach to possibility and explores some of its consequential repercussions in his metaphysics. Ohad Nachtomy presents Leibniz’s approach to possibility by exposing his early suppositions, arguing that he held a combinatorial conception of possibility. He conside...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Leibniz’s Combinatorial Approach to Possibility
• Possible Individuals
• The Individual’s Place in Logical Space
• Individuals, Worlds and Relations
• Possibility and Actuality
• Agency and Freedom
• Agency and Necessity
• Aggregates
• Nested Individuals
• Possibility and Individuality.