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Richard T.W. Arthur - Leibniz - 9780745653754 - V9780745653754
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Leibniz

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Description for Leibniz Paperback. Few philosophers have left a legacy like that of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He has been credited not only with inventing the differential calculus, but also with anticipating the basic ideas of modern logic, information science, and fractal geometry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.

Few philosophers have left a legacy like that of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He has been credited not only with inventing the differential calculus, but also with anticipating the basic ideas of modern logic, information science, and fractal geometry. He made important contributions to such diverse fields as jurisprudence, geology and etymology, while sketching designs for calculating machines, wind pumps, and submarines. But the common presentation of his philosophy as a kind of unworldly idealism is at odds with all this bustling practical activity.

In this book Richard. T. W. Arthur offers a fresh reading of Leibniz’s philosophy, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Classic Thinkers
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745653754
SKU
V9780745653754
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About Richard T.W. Arthur
Richard T.W Arthur is Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University.

Reviews for Leibniz
This is a lucid, informative and original book. With marvellous clarity and authority, Arthur paints a very sympathetic and very useful portrait of Leibniz’s philosophy, its development and the context in which it develops. Leibniz’s scholars will appreciate the original positions it takes and the solid arguments (textual and historical) the author assembles to support them. If you can read ... Read more

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