Leibniz on Causation and Agency
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Leibniz on Causation and Agency

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Leibniz on Causation and Agency

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This book presents a comprehensive examination of Gottfried Leibniz's views on the nature of agents and their actions. Julia Jorati offers a fresh look at controversial topics including Leibniz's doctrines of teleology, the causation of spontaneous changes within substances, divine concurrence, freedom, and contingency, and also discusses widely neglected issues such as his theories of moral responsibility, control, attributability, and compulsion. Rather than focusing exclusively on human agency, she explores the activities of non-rational substances and the differences between distinctive types of actions, showing how the will, appetitions, and teleology are key to Leibniz's discussions of agency. Her book reveals that Leibniz has a nuanced and compelling philosophy of action which has relevance for present-day discussions of agency. It will be of interest to scholars and students of early modern philosophy as well as to metaphysicians and philosophers of action.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781108136815
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Note on Translations and Citations
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 Monads and Their Actions
  12. 2 Spontaneity
  13. 3 Teleology
  14. 4 Attributability and Divine Concurrence
  15. 5 Freedom
  16. 6 Control, Weakness, and Compulsion
  17. 7 Moral Agency
  18. References
  19. Index