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Leibniz: Representation, Continuity and the Spatiotemporal

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  1. Dionysios A. Anapolitanos

    1. University of Athens, Greece

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Part of the book series: Science and Philosophy (SCPH, volume 7)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Representationalism

    • Dionysios A. Anapolitanos
    Pages 1-49

  3. Continuity

    • Dionysios A. Anapolitanos
    Pages 50-93

  4. Space, Time, the Spatio-Temporal, and Monadic Reality

    • Dionysios A. Anapolitanos
    Pages 94-173

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 175-195
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Anapolitanos critically examines and evaluates three basic characteristics of the Leibnizian metaphysical system: Leibniz's version of representation; the principle of continuity; and space, time, and the phenomenally spatio-temporal.
Chapter I discusses representation, especially as it refers to the connection between the real and the phenomenal levels of Leibniz's system. Chapter II examines the principle of continuity, including continuity as a general feature of every level of Leibniz's metaphysics. The position adopted is that the problem of the composition of the continuum played a central role on the development of Leibniz's non-spatial and non-temporal monadic metaphysics. The machinery developed is then used to offer a new interpretation of Leibniz' metaphysics of space and time. The notion of indirect representation is used to construct appropriate models that clarify the nature of the correspondence between the real and the phenomenal levels in the case of the relations `spatially between' and `temporally between', as well as in the cases of spatial and temporal density. Finally, Leibniz's solution to the problem of the continuum is discussed, arguing that it is not entirely satisfactory. A non-anachronistic alternative is proposed, compatible with Leibniz's metaphysics of substance.

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`... the interested reader will find this book to be a precious and illuminating tool for tackling Leibniz's philosophical and physico-mathematical ideas.'
Mathematical Reviews, 2000f

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Athens, Greece

    Dionysios A. Anapolitanos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Leibniz: Representation, Continuity and the Spatiotemporal

  • Authors: Dionysios A. Anapolitanos

  • Series Title: Science and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9147-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5476-5Published: 31 December 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5138-7Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9147-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4697

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 195

  • Topics: History, general, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology

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