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Leibniz, Whitehead and the Metaphysics of Causation /

Introduces the reader to Whitehead's complex and often misunderstood metaphysics by showing that it deals with questions about the nature of causation originally raised by the philosophy of Leibniz. Whitehead's philosophy is an attempt at rehabilitating Leibniz's theory of monads by r...

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Main Author: Basile, Pierfrancesco (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Epistemology.
History of Philosophy.
Logic.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy of Mind.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Philosophy of mind.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Introduces the reader to Whitehead's complex and often misunderstood metaphysics by showing that it deals with questions about the nature of causation originally raised by the philosophy of Leibniz. Whitehead's philosophy is an attempt at rehabilitating Leibniz's theory of monads by recasting it in terms of novel ontological categories.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 174 pages)
ISBN:9780230242197
DOI:10.1057/9780230242197