| Leibniz on the Principle of Transition (2001) | |||||||||||
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| En: Nihil sine ratione: Mensch, Natur und Technik im Wirken von G.W. Leibniz. Proceedings of the 7th International Leibniz Congress)Berlin, sept. 2001. ed. by Hans Poser, pp. 973-981. Arthur Lovejoy's masterful, highly influential interpretation of Leibniz's philosophy has been almost neglected for decades now. This paper tries to rehabilitate Lovejoy's construal (with a number of adaptations) by delving into the underlying logical links connecting Leibniz's principles of order and gradation (the latter also called `law of continuity', `principle of transition' or `principle of the jumpless change': natura non facit saltus) with other fundamental principles of his mature philosophy.. Peer reviewed | |||||||||||
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