The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence With Extracts from Newton's Principia and Opticks
In 1715 Leibniz wrote to his friend the Princess of Wales to warn her of the dangers Newton's philosophy posed for natural religion. Seizing this chance of initiating an exchange between two of the greatest minds in Europe, the princess showed his letter to the eminent Newtonian scientist and natural theologian, Samuel Clarke. From his reply developed an exchange of papers which was published in 1717. The correspondence was immediately seen as a crucial discussion of the significance of the new science, and it became one of the most widely read philosophical works of its time. Kant developed his theory of space and time from the problems at issue, and the post-Newtonian physics of the twentieth century has brought a revival of interest in Leibniz's objections: some of the problems are still not finally resolved. In this edition an introduction outlines the historical background, and there is a valuable survey of the subsequent discussions of the problem of space and time in the philosophy of science. Significant references to the controversy in Leibniz's other correspondence have also been collected, and the relevant passages from Newton's Principia and Opticks are appended.
- Sorozatcím:
- Philosophical Classics
- Kiadó:
- Manchester University Press
- Kiadás éve:
- 1984
- Kiadás helye:
- New York
- ISBN:
- 0719006694
- Kötés típusa:
- ragasztott papír
- Terjedelem:
- 200
- Nyelv:
- angol
- Méret:
- Szélesség: 12.00cm, Magasság: 18.00cm
- Kategória:
ABBREVIATIONS Viii
INTRODUCTION ix
I. THE ORIGIN OF TIIE CORRESPONDENCE
The Newton-Leibniz Controversy, 1705-1716 ix
Samuel Clarke xi
Caroline, Leibniz and Clarke xii
II. THE ARGUMENT OF THE CORRESPONDENCE
Summary of Argument xiii
Natural Religion xv
Space as the Sensorium of God xv
God's Intervention in the Universe xvi
Gravity xviii
The Vacuum xx
The Principle of Sufficient Reason xxii
The Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles xxiii
Space and Time xxv
Measurement of Force xxix
III. THE PROBLEM OF SPACE AND TIME
Newton's Theory of Space and Time in the
Principia xxxiv
The Space-Time Controversy from Leibniz to
Kant (Thümmig and Wolff, Berkeley, Eng-
lish critics of Clarke, Voltaire, Maclaurin,
Euler, Boscovitch, Kant) xl
Mach and Einstein xlix
LIST OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS lV
THE CORRESPONDENCE
Clarke's dedication 5
Leibniz's first paper t t
Clarke's first reply I2
Leibniz's second paper 15
Clarke's second reply 20
Leibniz's third paper 25
Clarke's third reply 30
Leibniz's fourth paper 36
Clarke's fourth reply 45
Leibniz's fifth paper 55
Clarke's fifth reply 97
Clarke's appendix of selected passages from
Leibniz 127
APPENDIX A : EXTRACTS FROM NEWTON'S P1UNCIPIA
AND OPTICKS 142
APPENDIX B : EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RELATING TO
THE CORRESPONDENCE
I. Leibniz and Newton to Conti 184
2. Leibniz to Wolff and Bernoulli 188
3. Leibniz's Correspondence with Caroline 189
INDEX OF NAMES 199
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