Leibniz' Doctrine of Necessary Truth

ISBN-13: 9780367334642 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 148 str.

Margaret Dauler Wilson

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Originally published in 1990. This study was first written in 1965. It looks in detail at the doctrine of necessity – that necessary truths are those derivable from the principle of identity by the substitution of definitions. It relates the doctrine to philosophic predecessors and contemporaries and then critically examines the theory.

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Preface. Introduction 1. Leibniz’ Doctrine and Some Historical Antecedents 2. Seventeenth Century Opposition: The Intuitionism of Descartes and Locke 3. Some Critical Challenges to Leibniz’ Doctrine of Necessity 4. Leibniz’ Opposition to Conventionalism and His Conception of Definition. Conclusion

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Margaret Dauler Wilson