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Wolff and the first fifty years of German metaphysics /

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"This monograph offers a fresh account, in unprecedented detail, of philosophical developments in German philosophy in the first half of the eighteenth century. At the centre of the study is Wolff's seminal text on metaphysics, the Deutsche Metaphysik of 1719. The chapters that comprise th...

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Main Author: Dyck, Corey (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Wolff, Christian, > Freiherr von, > 1679-1754.
Wolff, Christian, > Freiherr von, > 1679-1754. > Vernünfftige Gedancken von Gott, der Welt und der Seele des Menschen, auch allen Dingen überhaupt.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy, German > 18th century.
Métaphysique.
Philosophie allemande > 18e siècle.
metaphysics.
PHILOSOPHY.
Modern.
History & Surveys.
History of philosophy, philosophical traditions.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I Understanding Wolff's Deutsche Metaphysik
  • 1 Wolff and the Refinement of the Mathematical Method
  • 2 Wolff's Emendation of Ontology
  • 3 Soul, World, and God: Wolff's Metaphysics
  • Part II Wolff's Impact and the Pietist Response
  • 4 Women and the Wolffian Philosophy
  • 5 The Abuse of Philosophy: Pietism and the Metaphysics of Freedom
  • Part III German Metaphysics in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century
  • 6 Reason beyond Proof: Debating the Use and Limits of the PSR
  • 7 The Paradoxes of Sensation
  • 8 G. F. Meier on the Fate of the Soul
  • 9 Moses Mendelssohn and the Ghost of Spinoza