New Essays on Leibniz Reception: In Science and Philosophy of Science 1800-2000

Book Overview

Introduction Ralf Kr?mer and Yannick Chin-Drian.- The idea of number from Gauss to Cantor. The Leibnizian heritage and its surpassing Philippe S?guin.- The Reception of Leibniz's Logic in 19th Century German Philosophy Volker Peckhaus.- Leibniz's Metaphysics as an Epistemological Obstacle to the Mathematization of Nature: the View of a Late 19th Century Neo-Kantian, Kurd Lasswitz Fran?oise Willmann.- Peano and his School between Leibniz and Couturat: the influence in mathematics and in international language Erika Luciano.- Couturat's reception of Leibniz Anne-Fran?oise Schmid.- Russell and Leibniz on the classification of propositions Nicholas Griffin.- Cassirer, Reader, Publisher, and Interpreter of Leibniz's Philosophy Jean Seidengart.- Leibniz on Relativity. The Debate between Hans Reichenbach and Dietrich Mahnke on Leibniz's Theory of Motion and Time Vincenzo De Risi.- Interpretations of Leibniz's Mathesis universalis at the beginning of the XXth Century David Rabouin.- Leibnizian traces in H.Weyl's Philosophie der Mathematik und Naturwissenschaft Erhard Scholz.- G?del, Leibniz and "Russell's mathematical logic" Gabriella Crocco.- Chaitin, Leibniz and complexity Herbert Breger.- Abbreviations. Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034807716
• ISBN13: 9783034807715
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"