Possibility, Agency, and Individuality in Leibniz's Metaphysics

This work presents Leibniz’s subtle approach to possibility and explores some of its consequential repercussions in his metaphysics. Ohad Nachtomy presents Leibniz’s approach to possibility by exposing his early suppositions, arguing that he held a combinatorial conception of possibility. He conside...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nachtomy, Ohad
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Series:The New Synthese Historical Library, Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Leibniz’s Combinatorial Approach to Possibility
  • Possible Individuals
  • The Individual’s Place in Logical Space
  • Individuals, Worlds and Relations
  • Possibility and Actuality
  • Agency and Freedom
  • Agency and Necessity
  • Aggregates
  • Nested Individuals
  • Possibility and Individuality