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Leibniz on Individuals and Individuation

The Persistence of Premodern Ideas in Modern Philosophy

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  1. Laurence B. McCullough

    1. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture (PSCC, volume 3)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Leibniz’s Earliest Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Leibniz’s Individuals and Their Individuation

      • Laurence B. McCullough
      Pages 3-21

    3. Individuals and Individuation in the Disputatio

      • Laurence B. McCullough
      Pages 22-33

    4. The Principles of Individuation Leibniz Rejects in the Disputatio

      • Laurence B. McCullough
      Pages 34-89

    5. The Position Leibniz Defends in the Disputatio

      • Laurence B. McCullough
      Pages 90-130

  3. Leibniz’s Mature Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Individuals and Individuation in Leibniz’s Mature Philosophy

      • Laurence B. McCullough
      Pages 133-155

    3. An Interpretation of Major Leibnizian Themes

      • Laurence B. McCullough
      Pages 156-179

  4. Leibniz and Modern Philosophy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Leibniz and the “Modern” in Modern Philosophy

      • Laurence B. McCullough
      Pages 183-199

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 201-210
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Leibniz's earliest philosophy and its importance for his mature philosophy have not been examined in detail, particularly in the level of detail that one can achieve by placing Leibniz's philosophy in the context of the sources for two of the most basic concerns of his philosophical career: his metaphysics of individuals and the principle oftheir individuation. In this book I provide for the first time a detailed examination of these two Leibnizian themes and trace its implications for how we should interpret other major Leibnizian themes and for how we should read Leibniz and other philosophers of the sixteenth and later centuries as 'modem' philosophers. Leibniz began his philosophical career more than 300 years ago, a fact that shapes fundamentally my attempt in the pages that follow to come to terms now with the texts that he left us. Leibniz's did not do philosophy in a way wholly congenial to twentieth century philosophical methodologies, especially those that have enjoyed some prominence in recent Anglo-American philosophy. Moreover, as we shall see, Leibniz is not a modem philosopher, when 'modem' is understood to mean making a sharp break with medieval philosophy. Indeed, I shall argue, scholars should discard such terms as 'modem' from historical philosophical scholarship, so that old texts can be allowed to remain old - to stand on their own in and from times now long past.

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`This work is well written, well organized and to the point. The author argues his points convincingly, but is admirably fair in his treatment of competing views. This book should stand as an example of what good scholarly research and writing can be. It deserves to be read especially by Leibniz scholars, those interested in late medieval philosophy, and students of early modern philosophy.'
The Review of Metaphysics, LI:3 (1998)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    Laurence B. McCullough

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Leibniz on Individuals and Individuation

  • Book Subtitle: The Persistence of Premodern Ideas in Modern Philosophy

  • Authors: Laurence B. McCullough

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8684-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3864-2Published: 30 June 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4654-3Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8684-9Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0928-9518

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1753

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 210

  • Topics: Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ontology

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