Overview
- The first ever, comprehensive historical reconstruction of Leibniz’s geometry
- A study on the relationship between geometry and metaphysics in Leibniz’s thought
- A face-to-face confrontation between Leibniz’s philosophy of geometry and Kant’s transcendentalism
- Many unpublished Leibnizean manuscripts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Science Networks. Historical Studies (SNHS, volume 33)
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I find his contribution to the debate on the reality of corporeal substances to be at once original and decisive. And finally, I am hugely impressed by the expertise he has brought to bear on both the purely formal and the deeply metaphysical sides, each requiring vastly different but equally considerable competences. I am impressed by the original way in which he makes sense of the phenomenalistic strains in Leibniz’s thought by connecting them with the metaphysics of expression, and this in turn with the foundation of real space. In sum, this dissertation is an extraordinary accomplishment.
(R.T.W. Arthur, McMaster University)
I believe that this is an extraordinary dissertation which sets new standards for Leibnizean scholarship—and, in particular, for historical and philosophical investigation into the relationship between Leibniz and Kant.
(M. Friedman, Stanford University)
“The book under review is based on a doctoral dissertation defended at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. It deals with G. W. Leibniz’s lifelong project of founding a new geometrical science, the analysis situs. … In sum the author has provided a great survey of Leibniz’s writings on geometry presented with deep analyses in several fields of mathematics and metaphysics, providing a vivid impression of the interconnectedness of Leibniz’s general system of science.” (Volker Peckhaus, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1180, 2010)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geometry and Monadology
Book Subtitle: Leibniz's Analysis Situs and Philosophy of Space
Authors: Vincenzo Risi
Series Title: Science Networks. Historical Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7986-5
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkh�user Basel 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-7985-8Published: 17 April 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-7986-5Published: 08 August 2007
Series ISSN: 1421-6329
Series E-ISSN: 2296-6080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 658
Topics: History of Science