The Bloomsbury Companion to Leibniz

The Bloomsbury Companion to Leibniz presents a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the life, thought and work of one of the great polymaths of the modern world, G.W. Leibniz and examines the new directions in this field. Beginning chapters first seek to understand Leibniz by establishing the philosophies of and Leibnizs reactions to his most important contemporary philosophers from Descartes to Malebranche. While addressing current philosophical research in Leibniz such as his metaphysics, logic and theory of free will, a leading team of experts in the field show that Leibnizs work was also much wider in scope and cover a number of Leibnizs concerns outside of philosophy too including mathematics, physics and the life sciences. The Companion concludes by offering analysis into how Leibniz has subsequently been understood and his impact on further study, particularly his successor Immanuel Kant. Together with an extended biographical sketches and an up-to-date and fully comprehensive bibliography, The Bloomsbury Companion to Leibniz is an extremely valuable study tool for students and scholars interested in Leibniz and the era in which he wrote.