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Vis Vim Vi: Declinations of Force in Leibniz’s Dynamics: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, cartea 46

Autor Tzuchien Tho
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This book presents a systematic reconstruction of Leibniz’s dynamics project (c. 1676-1700) that contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the concepts of physical causality in Leibniz’s work and 17th century physics. It argues that Leibniz’s theory of forces privileges the causal relationship between structural organization and physical phenomena instead of body-to-body mechanical causation. The mature conception of Leibnizian force is not the power of one body to cause motion in another, but a kind of structural causation related to the configuration of integral systems of bodies in physical evolution. By treating the immanent philosophy of Leibniz’s dynamics, this book makes explicit the systematic aims and inherent limits of Leibniz's physical project, in addition to providing an alternative vision of the scientific understanding of the physical world in the late 17th and early 18th century.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319590530
ISBN-10: 3319590537
Pagini: 144
Ilustrații: XI, 147 p. 14 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2017
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What is structural causation?.- Chapter 3. The equivalence of hypotheses and dynamical causation.- Chapter 4. Continuity and causation in the dynamics.- Chapter 5. The changing concept of the equipollence of cause and effect.- Chapter 6. Vis viva in a monadic world.

Notă biografică

Tzuchien Tho is postdoctoral research fellow at the Università degli Studi di Milano and formerly at the Institute for Research in the Humanities (University of Bucharest). He has published papers on the intersections of mathematics, ontology and natural science in the 17th and the 20th century.

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This book presents a systematic reconstruction of Leibniz’s dynamics project (c. 1676-1700) that contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the concepts of physical causality in Leibniz’s work and 17th century physics. It argues that Leibniz’s theory of forces privileges the causal relationship between structural organization and physical phenomena instead of body-to-body mechanical causation. The mature conception of Leibnizian force is not the power of one body to cause motion in another, but a kind of structural causation related to the configuration of integral systems of bodies in physical evolution. By treating the immanent philosophy of Leibniz’s dynamics, this book makes explicit the systematic aims and inherent limits of Leibniz's physical project, in addition to providing an alternative vision of the scientific understanding of the physical world in the late 17th and early 18th century.

Caracteristici

Studies the intersection between Leibniz's natural science and metaphysics Creates a bridge between the history of physics and contemporary philosophy of science Contributes to ongoing debates with historians and philosophers