Leibniz's Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles

ISBN-13: 9780198811992 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

Opis

Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra presents a new study of Leibniz's Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles-a principle which rules out numerically distinct but perfectly similar things. He explores Leibniz's definition of the Principle, evaluates his arguments for and from it, and concludes that it was central but inessential to Leibniz's philosophy.

Recenzje

Leibniz's Principle of Indentity of Indiscernibles is a marvellous book.

O autorze

Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has taught at the Universities of Edinburgh, Nottingham, and Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires). He is currently a Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy at Oriel College and holds the title of Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Resemblance Nominalism (OUP, 2002), and has written extensively on metaphysics and early modern philosophy.