Leibniz's experimental philosophy (eBook)

Arnaud Pelletier (Herausgeber)

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2016
257 Seiten
Franz Steiner Verlag
978-3-515-11308-3 (ISBN)

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The philosophy of Leibniz is often considered as an intellectualism. Speculation is said to take precedence over experience in it. Against this persistent misunderstanding, Leibniz holds that experience plays a constitutive role in all areas of knowledge, even in mathematics and even in metaphysics. For metaphysics itself shall rely on common experiences and empirical observations. In this sense, one can speak of a true experimental philosophy in Leibniz, which does not reduce itself to a mere explanation of natural phenomena through deduction and induction - which was the understanding of 'experimental philosophy' when Newton coined the term. On the contrary, Leibniz's experimental philosophy seeks to overcome the vacuity of the modest empiricists and the boldness of the so-called 'experimental philosophers'. Without being exhaustive, this volume brings together contributions on the various facets of this experimental philosophy - and on the various aspects of experience itself - from considerations in metaphysics and natural philosophy to Leibniz's project of an encyclopaedia of all knowledge.

Inhalt

ACKNOWLEDGMENT 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS 8
INTRODUCTION 10
LA PHILOSOPHIE EXPÉRIMENTALE DE LEIBNIZ 12
1. THE METAPHYSICS OF EXPERIENCE 24
LE « PRINCIPE DES PRINCIPES » : IDÉES ET EXPÉRIENCES 26
IT IS NOT EXPERIENCE THAT MATTERS IN THE BATTLE OF RATIONALISM AND EMPIRICISM, OR HOW THEOLOGY FAVORS EMPIRICISM OVER RATIONALISM 42
LEIBNIZ’S CONCEPTION OF SENSATION 70
LEIBNIZ ON MONADIC AGENCY AND OPTIMAL FORM 94
2. EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES 120
DAS PERPETUUM MOBILE UND LEIBNIZ’ BEGRÜNDUNG DER PHYSIK ALS ERFAHRUNGSWISSENSCHAFT 122
DES LIMITES DE L’EXPÉRIENCE: LEIBNIZ ET L’EXPLICATION DES PHÉNOMÈNES MAGNÉTIQUES 144
WHAT A ‘SCIENCE OF THE ORGANISM’ SHOULD BE FOR LEIBNIZ 162
THINKING WITH ANIMALS IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY: ANATOMY AND ANALOGY IN LOWER, TYSON, AND LEIBNIZ 182
LA CHIMIE POUR LEIBNIZ: UNE PRATIQUE COGNITIVE? 198
LEIBNIZ AND HIS OBSERVATA PHILOSOPHICA 218
3. THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA, OR THE EXPERIENCE OF KNOWING 238
MORE MATHEMATICO DEMONSTRATA, ORDINE NATURALI EXPOSITA: LEIBNIZ SUR L’ORGANISATION DE L’ENCYCLOPÉDIE 240
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 258

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.4.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Studia Leibnitiana – Sonderhefte
• Reihe/Serie: Studia Leibnitiana – Sonderhefte
• Sprache: englisch; französisch; deutsch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Schlagworte: Experimental Philosophy • Experimentelle Philosophie • leibniz • Philosophie • philosophy of Leibniz
• ISBN-10: 3-515-11308-8 / 3515113088
• ISBN-13: 978-3-515-11308-3 / 9783515113083