Leibniz, whitehead and the metaphysics of causation
Auteur :
Basile, P.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780230580619
Date de publication :
14 mai 2009
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Introduces the reader to Whitehead's complex and often misunderstood metaphysics by showing that it deals with questions about the nature of causation originally raised by the philosophy of Leibniz. Whitehead's philosophy is an attempt at rehabilitating Leibniz's theory of monads by recasting it in terms of novel ontological categories