Leibnizing a philosopher in motion Richard Halpern
"Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a polymath of the first order, an inspiration for the German Enlightenment in philosophy, mathematics, and other fields. Yet his reputation had already been in decline at the time of his death due to the influence of Voltaire's Candide, so much so...
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Columbia University Press
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface: Leibniz Among the Disciplines
- 1. Leibniz in Motion
- 2. Tinkering
- 3. How to Read a Leibnizian Sentence
- 4. Metaphorical Clumping
- 5. The Mathematics of Resemblance
- 6. Cognitive Mapping and Blended Spaces
- 7. Chemical Wit
- 8. Perspective
- 9. Expression
- 10. How to Build a Monad
- 11. Monadic Politics
- 12. The Mind-Body Problem
- 13. Microperceptions
- 14. The Je Ne Sais Quoi and the Leibnizian Unconscious
- 15. Mind Is a Liquid
- 16. The Confused and the Distinct
- 17. Philosophy as Aesthetic Object
- 18. Blind Thought
- 19. Dark Leibniz
- 20. Things Fall Apart
- 21. The Monad as Event: Alfred North Whitehead
- 22. The Monad as Strange Loop: Douglas Hofstadter
- 23. The Godless Monad: Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela
- 24. The Quantum Monad: David Bohm
- 25. Afterword: Leibniz in My Latte
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index