Gottfried Leibniz has been one of the most important and influential philosophers of the seventeenth century and, alongside Descartes and Spinoza, one of three great early modern Rationalist ...thinkers. Covering all the key concepts of his work, Starting with Leibniz provides an accessible introduction to the ideas of this hugely significant thinker. Thematically structured, the book leads the reader through a thorough overview of Leibniz's thought, resulting in a more complete understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns. Offering coverage of the full range of Leibniz's philosophical ideas, the book explores his work on substance, mind, body, matter, dynamics and the philosophy of science, God, free will. Crucially the book introduces the major influences on Leibniz's thought, including Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, and Malebranche. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to the work of this important thinker for the first time.
U ovom radu autor će nastojati da istakne osnovne crte Monadologije Gotfrida Lajbnica Gottfried Leibniz i da ukaže na ključna mesta Lajbnicove filozofske misli unutar njegovog monadološkog sistema. ...Shodno razvoju novovekovne misli, povesnih okolnosti i promeni, naučne svesti nužno vrše uticaj na filozofski diskurs tadašnjeg vremena. Centralni predmet filozofskog interesa postaje natura, priroda poimana na specifično moderan način, na način njenog mehanicističkog delovanja. Oprečno tradicionalnom sholastičkom poimanju prirode kao božje kreacije, novovekovni mislioci prirodu shvataju autonomnije, ona biva riznica naučnog istraživanja. Sledstveno široj slici novovekovne misli, autor će biti u nastojanju da upravo Lajbnicovu filozofiju postavi kao vrhunski izraz novovekovnog filozofskog stvaralaštva. Kao što nam je poznato, od Loka John Locke do Hjuma David Hume vidimo istu misaonu nit poimanja prirode, koliko god njihove misaone pozicije bile različite, a u centru filozofskog polazišta vidimo eficijentni uzrok kao temelj uzročnosti na osnovu kojeg grade svoju filozofiju. Lajbnicova filozofija, kao najavljeni vrhunac novovekovne misli, u svoj filozofski sistem podjednako provlači i causa efficiens i causa finalis te tako formira jedan teleološki zasnovan svet. Lajbnicova filozofija, možemo reći ponajbolje izražena u Monadologiji, upravo pokazuje ponovni interes za telos i tako gradi jedan dovršeni filozofski projekat. Autor će, na osnovu svega rečenog, nastojati da izloži osnovne crte Lajbnicovog monadološkog sistema i pokušati ga predstaviti kao „najbolji od svih svetova” odnosno, kao najviše misaono dostignuće filozofije novog veka.
Im Fokus dieser philosophischen Studie steht der kantische Substanzbegriff. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass ein adäquates Verständnis des Begriffs und der daraus resultierenden "kritischen" Metaphysik ...der Substanz es erfordert, die philosophische Kontroverse hinsichtlich der einfachen Substanz in der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts zu berücksichtigen, wie diese von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz und Christian Wolff bestimmt worden ist. Erst vor diesem Hintergrund wird die Komplexität und Widersprüchlichkeit des "kritischen" Substanzbegriffs deutlich.
Kant's definition of substance is the focus of this philosophical study. The analysis shows that an adequate understanding of the term and the "critical" metaphysics of the substance which result ...from it must take into account the philosophical controversy over the simple substance in the first half of the 18th century dominated by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Christian Wolff. It is only against this background that the complexity and inconsistence of the "critical" concept of substance becomes fully apparent.
This book offers a sustained re-evaluation of the most central and perplexing themes of Leibniz's metaphysics. In contrast to traditional assessments that view the metaphysics in terms of its place ...among post-Cartesian theories of the world, Jan Cover and John O'Leary-Hawthorne examine the question of how the scholastic themes which were Leibniz's inheritance figure - and are refigured - in his mature account of substance and individuation. From this emerges a sometimes surprising assessment of Leibniz's views on modality, the Identity of Indiscernibles, form as an internal law, and the complete-concept doctrine. As a rigorous philosophical treatment of a still-influential mediary between scholastic and modern metaphysics, this study will be of interest to historians of philosophy and contemporary metaphysicians alike.
In the Architectonic of Philosophy Leslie Kavanaugh chose three 'architectonics', philosophical structures, to be examined more extensively. These are Plato's Chora, the continuum of Aristoteles and ...finally Leibniz's labyrinth.
