Oxford Handbook of Leibniz

The extraordinary breadth and depth of Leibniz's intellectual vision commands ever increasing attention. As more texts gradually emerge from seemingly bottomless archives new facets of his contribution to an astonishing variety of fields come to light. This volume provides a uniquely<br>comprehensive systematic and up-to-date appraisal of Leibniz's thought thematically organized around its diverse but interrelated aspects. Discussion of his philosophical system naturally takes place of pride. A cluster of original essays revisit his logic metaphysics epistemology philosophy of<br>nature moral and political philosophy and philosophy of religion. The scope of the volume however goes beyond that of a philosophical collection to embrace all the main features of Leibniz's thought and activity. Contributions are offered on Leibniz as a mathematician (including not only his<br>calculus but also determinant theory symmetric functions the dyadic the analysis situs probability and statistics); on Leibniz as a scientist (physics and also optics cosmology geology physiology medicine and chemistry); on his technical innovations (the calculating machine and the<br>technology of mining as well as other discoveries); on his work as an 'intelligencer' and cultural networker as jurist historian editor of sources and librarian; on his views on Europe's political future religious toleration and ecclesiastical reunification; on his proposals for political <br>administrative economic and social reform. In so doing the volume serves as a unique cross-disciplinary point of contact for the many domains to which Leibniz contributed. By assembling leading specialists on all these topics it offers the most rounded picture of Leibniz's endeavors currently<br>available.