Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface: Leibniz Among the Disciplines xi
4. 1. Leibniz in Motion 1
5. 2. Tinkering 18
6. 3. How to Read a Leibnizian Sentence 28
7. 4. Metaphorical Clumping 36
8. 5. The Mathematics of Resemblance 49
9. 6. Cognitive Mapping and Blended Spaces 56
10. 7. Chemical Wit 64
11. 8. Perspective 67
12. 9. Expression 81
13. 10. How to Build a Monad 88
14. 11. Monadic Politics 109
15. 12. The Mind-Body Problem 126
16. 13. Microperceptions 135
17. 14. The Je Ne Sais Quoi and the Leibnizian Unconscious 142
18. 15. Mind Is a Liquid 148
19. 16. The Confused and the Distinct 156
20. 17. Philosophy as Aesthetic Object 167
21. 18. Blind Thought 178
22. 19. Dark Leibniz 183
23. 20. Things Fall Apart 196
24. 21. The Monad as Event: Alfred North Whitehead 205
25. 22. The Monad as Strange Loop: Douglas Hofstadter 223 223
26. 23. The Godless Monad: Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela 232
27. 24. The Quantum Monad: David Bohm 242
28. 25. Afterword: Leibniz in My Latte 251
29. Acknowledgments 255
30. Notes 257
31. Index 297