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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Reviews
Mathematical Reviews, 2000f
Authors and Affiliations
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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
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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