Possibility, Agency, and Individuality in Leibniz's Metaphysics (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

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 considers the transition from possibility to actuality through the notion of agency; the role divine agency plays in actualization; moral agency and human freedom of action and the relation between agency and necessity in comparison to Spinoza. Nachtomy analyzes Leibniz's notion of nested, organic individuals and their peculiar unity, in distinction from his notion of aggregates.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The New Synthese Historical Library, 61
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	May 2007
Authors:	Ohad Nachtomy
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-5244-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
LSN:	1-4020-5244-8
Barcode:	9781402052446

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