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Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… … History of philosophy
Leibniz (from) to Kant — From Leibniz to Kant Lewis White Beck INTRODUCTION Had Kant not lived, German philosophy between the death of Leibniz in 1716 and the end of the eighteenth century would have little interest for us, and would remain largely unknown. In Germany… … History of philosophy
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm — ▪ German philosopher and mathematician Introduction born July 1 [June 21, old style], 1646, Leipzig died November 14, 1716, Hannover, Hanover German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, important both as a metaphysician and as a… … Universalium
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von — (1646 1716) by Brett Nicholls Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz is drawn into Deleuze s engagement with the history of philosophy with a book length study, The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque, and he is present at strategic moments in Deleuze s… … The Deleuze dictionary
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von — (1646 1716) by Brett Nicholls Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz is drawn into Deleuze s engagement with the history of philosophy with a book length study, The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque, and he is present at strategic moments in Deleuze s… … The Deleuze dictionary
Law of thought — The laws of thought are fundamental logical rules, with a long tradition in the history of philosophy, which collectively prescribe how a rational mind must think. To break any of the laws of thought (for example, to contradict oneself) is to be… … Wikipedia
Law of noncontradiction — This article uses forms of logical notation. For a concise description of the symbols used in this notation, see List of logic symbols. In classical logic, the law of non contradiction (LNC) (or the principle of non contradiction (PNC), or the… … Wikipedia
Leibniz (disambiguation) — Gottfried Leibniz (1646 – 1716) was a German philosopher and mathematician.In mathematics, several results and concepts are attributed to Leibniz:* Leibniz algebra, an algebraic structure * Leibniz formula for pi, a method for calculating pi; *… … Wikipedia
Law of excluded middle — This article uses forms of logical notation. For a concise description of the symbols used in this notation, see Table of logic symbols. In logic, the law of the excluded middle states that the propositional calculus formula P ∨ ¬ P ( P or not P… … Wikipedia
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm — (1646–1716) German philosopher, mathematician, and polymath. Leibniz was born in Leipzig, where he attended university from the age of fifteen, and submitted a thesis for the degree of doctor of law at the age of twenty. In 1667 he entered the… … Philosophy dictionary
