Synopses & Reviews
This book introduces the reader to Whiteheads complex and often misunderstood metaphysics by showing that it deals with questions about the nature of causation originally raised by the philosophy of Leibniz. Whiteheads philosophy is an attempt at rehabilitating Leibnizs theory of monads by recasting it in terms of novel ontological categories.
About the Author
PIERFRANCESCO BASILE teaches Philosophy at the University of Bern, Switzerland. His publications include Experience and Relations: An Examination of F. H. Bradley's Conception of Reality (1999) and several articles and edited books on the origin of analytic philosophy, British idealism and process philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements * Introduction: From Leibniz to Whitehead * The Conception of Substance: Whitehead, Russell, and Leibniz * The Relevance of Leibniz: Wards Theory of Monads
* The Phenomenology of Causation: Whitehead and Hume * The Metaphysics of Causation: Whitehead, Hume, and James * The Reality of Forms: Whiteheads Theistic Argument * The Final View: the Dipolar Conception of God * Epilogue: Is a Leibnizian Metaphysics Still Possible Today?
* Notes * Bibliography * Index