Leibniz's Metaphysics of Time and Space

• Main Author: Futch, Michael J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ; 258
• Subjects: Philosophy.; History.; Metaphysics.; Modern philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Philosophy.; Modern Philosophy.; History of Science.

Leibniz’s metaphysics of space and time stands at the centre of his philosophy and is one of the high-water marks in the history of the philosophy of science. In this work, Futch provides the first systematic and comprehensive examination of Leibniz’s thought on this subject. In addition to elucidat...

Table of Contents:

• A Brief History of the Philosophy of Space and Time
• Leibniz's Reductionism
• The Unity of Time and Space
• The Bounds of Space and Time
• Causal and Temporal Asymmetry
• Leibniz on Past, Present, and Future
• Space, Time, and Harmony
• Space, Time, and God.