Philosophy Talk. Leibniz

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Abstract: The intellectual domain of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz cannot be captured in a single word. For most of his life, he was a jurist, a courtier, a diplomat, and a librarian; he also made huge contributions to the study of logic, geometry, physics, botany, physiology, linguistics, and of course, the infinitesimal calculus. And yet, many of his ideas remain obscure to the modern reader. What in the world is a Monad? Why does Leibniz care so much about the so-called Principle of Sufficient Reason? And how could he claim that this is the Best of all Possible Worlds? John and Ken discuss the most important philosopher you know the least about with Daniel Garber from Princeton University, author of Leibniz: Body, Substance, Monad.

Type of resource	sound recording-nonmusical
Form	podcasts
Extent	1 audio file
Place	KALW (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)California
Date created	August 16, 2015
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Track configuration	Stereo

Subject	Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
Subject	Philosophy
Subject	Metaphysics
Genre	Radio talk shows

philosophytalk.org show page	Title Leibniz
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	385.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/cs243qn3461
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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