Chapter 1 ALTERNATIVE POSSIBLE WORLDS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Referential Abbreviations IX
5. Chapter 1 ALTERNATIVE POSSIBLE WORLDS 1
6. Chapter 2 LEIBNIZ ON THE WORLD’S CONTINGENCY 27
7. Chapter 3 LEIBNIZ ON ONTOLOGICAL PERFECTION 49
8. Chapter 4 SOME PURPORTED OBSTACLES TO LEIBNIZ’S OPTIMALISM 79
9. Chapter 5 LEIBNIZIAN PHYSICS 99
10. Chapter 6 LEIBNIZIAN PHYSICS REVIVED (GÖDEL-LEIBNIZ-PLATO AND A BIT OF EINSTEIN) 129
11. Chapter 7 ANALOGY AND PHILOSOPHICAL METHOD IN LEIBNIZ 155
12. Chapter 8 COORDINATING EPISTEMOLOGY AND ONTOLOGY IN LEIBNIZ 171
13. References 201
14. Nicholas Rescher’s Publications on Leibniz 207
15. Index of Names 211
16. Backmatter 217