Leibniz and the Natural World
Produktnummer:
18540774b264da45cf8c4e4e74d99514b8
Autor: | Phemister, Pauline |
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Themengebiete: | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz René Descartes continuity epistemology ethics freedom interpret metaphysics philosophy |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 17.06.2005 |
EAN: | 9781402034008 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 298 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Verlag: | Springer Netherland |
Untertitel: | Activity, Passivity and Corporeal Substances in Leibniz's Philosophy |
Produktinformationen "Leibniz and the Natural World"
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 the texts without the prior assumption of idealism allows the more material aspects of Leibniz's metaphysics to emerge. Leibniz is found to advance a synthesis of idealism and materialism. His ontology posits indivisible, living, animal-like corporeal substances as the real metaphysical constituents of the universe; his epistemology combines sense-experience and reason; and his ethics fuses confused perceptions and insensible appetites with distinct perceptions and rational choice. In the light of his sustained commitment to the reality of bodies, Phemister re-examines his dynamics, the doctrine of pre-established harmony and his views on freedom. The image of Leibniz as a rationalist philosopher who values activity and reason over passivity and sense-experience is replaced by the one of a philosopher who recognises that, in the created world, there can only be activity if there is also passivity; minds, souls and forms if there is also matter; good if there is evil; perfection if there is imperfection.

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