Space, Time, and Theology in the Leibniz-Newton Controversy / / Edward J. Khamara.
In the famous Correspondence with Clarke, which took place during the last year of Leibniz’s life, Leibniz advanced several arguments purporting to refute the absolute theory of space and time that was held by Newton and his followers. The main aim of this book is to reassess Leibniz’s attack on the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Process Thought ,
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Editorial Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter I: Leibniz’s Last Controversy with the Newtonians
- Chapter II: Newtonian Absolutism
- Chapter III: Leibnizian Relativism
- Chapter IV: On Properties
- Chapter V: The Identity of Indiscernibles
- Chapter VI: The Nutcracker at Work
- Chapter VII: Leibniz’s Verificationist Argument
- Chapter VIII: A Digression on Boethius: Eternity and Omniscience
- Chapter IX: Omniscience: Leibniz versus Clarke
- Chapter X: Omniscience and Omnipotence: Clarke and Arnauld against Leibniz
- Bibliography
- Backmatter