Hi Stephen P. King I don't recall ever finding a mistake in Leibniz's metaphysics, although there is a serious shortcoming in not completely defining what a substance is. How far down the scale of maginification must or can or should one go ?
Leibniz seems to invite study, as he appearsd to have provided, not a thoroughly worked out metaphysics, but a toolkit (the monadology) for you to work it out yourself. [Roger Clough], [[email protected]] 12/5/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Stephen P. King Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-03, 16:19:47 Subject: a paper on Leibnizian mathematical ideas Dear Roger and Friends, You might find this paper of some interest: http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.7188 Leibniz's Laws of Continuity and Homogeneity Mikhail G. Katz, David Sherry (Submitted on 30 Nov 2012) We explore Leibniz's understanding of the differential calculus, and argue that his methods were more coherent than is generally recognized. The foundations of the historical infinitesimal calculus of Newton and Leibniz have been a target of numerous criticisms. Some of the critics believed to have found logical fallacies in its foundations. We present a detailed textual analysis of Leibniz's seminal text Cum Prodiisset, and argue that Leibniz's system for differential calculus was free of contradictions. -- Onward! Stephen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
