Leibniz and the Structure of Sciences Modern Perspectives on the History of Logic, Mathematics, Epistemology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: De Risi, Vincenzo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 337
• Subjects: Philosophy and science.; Modern philosophy.; Mathematics.; History.; Mathematical logic.; Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; Modern Philosophy.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

The book offers a collection of essays on various aspects of Leibniz's scientific thought, written by historians of science and world-leading experts on Leibniz. The essays deal with a vast array of topics on the exact sciences: Leibniz's logic, mereology, the notion of infinity and cardin...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Leibniz on the Logic of Conceptual Containment and Coincidence (Marko Malink and Anubav Vasudevan)
• Chapter 2. Leibniz's Mereology (Massimo Mugnai)
• Chapter 3. Leibniz in Cantor's Paradise: A Dialogue on the Actual Infinite (Richard T.W. Arthur)
• Chapter 4. Leibniz and the Continuity of Space (Vincenzo De Risi)
• Chapter 5. On the Plurality of Spaces in Leibniz (Valérie Debuiche and David Rabouin)
• Chapter 6. One String Attached: Geometrical Exactness in Leibniz's Parisian Manuscripts (Davide Crippa)
• Chapter 7. Leibniz and the Calculus of Variations (Jürgen Jost)
• Chapter 8. Teleology and Realism in Leibniz's Philosophy of Science (Nabeel Hamid).