Leibniz, Whitehead and the Metaphysics of Causation

Basile, P.

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

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-05-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230580619

DOI: 10.1057/9780230242197

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 174