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 L
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Leibniz, Whitehead and the Metaphysics of Causation
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Leibniz, Whitehead and the Metaphysics of Causation Pierfrancesco Basile
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To Anna and Susanne
We have in ourselves experience of a multiplicity in a simple substance ... (G.W. Leibniz, Monadology, §16) ... we shou’d in vain hope to attain an idea of force by consulting our own minds. (D. Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, p. 633) ... the whole universe consists of elements disclosed in the analysis of the experiences of subjects. (A.N. Whitehead, Process and Reality, p. 166)
Contents Preface and Acknowledgements
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1 Introduction: From Leibniz to Whitehead
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2 The Conception of Substance: Whitehead, Russell, and Leibniz Introduction Actual entities The relatedness of actualities Revisionary metaphysics and the language of process Russell on Leibniz’s conception of subst
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