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Leibniz on Time, Space, and Relativity (Hardcover)
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Leibniz on Time, Space, and Relativity (Hardcover)
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In this book, Arthur gives fresh interpretations of Gottfried
Leibniz's theories of time, space, and the relativity of motion,
based on a thorough examination of Leibniz's manuscripts as well as
his published papers. These are analysed in historical context, but
also with an eye to their contemporary relevance. Leibniz's views
on relativity have been extremely influential, first on Mach, and
then on Einstein, while his novel approach to geometry in his
analysis situs inspired many later developments in geometry. Arthur
expounds the latter in some detail, explaining its relationship to
Leibniz's metaphysics of space and the grounding of motion, and
defending Leibniz's views on the relativity of motion against
charges of inconsistency. The brilliance of his work on time,
though, has not been so well appreciated, and Arthur attempts to
remedy this through a detailed discussion of Leibniz's relational
theory of time, showing how it underpins his theory of possible
worlds, his complex account of contingency, and his highly original
treatment of the continuity of time, providing formal treatments in
an appendix. In other appendices, Arthur provides translations of
previously untranslated writings by Leibniz on analysis situs and
on Copernicanism, as well as an essay on Leibniz's philosophy of
relations. In his introductory chapter he explains how the
framework for the book is provided by the interpretation of
Leibniz's metaphysics he defended in his earlier Monads,
Composition, and Force (OUP 2018, winner of the 2019 annual JHP
Book Prize for best book in the history of philosophy published in
2018).
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