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This book reconstructs, both from the historical and theoretical points of view, Leibniza (TM)s geometrical studies, focusing in particular on the research Leibniz carried on in the last years of his life. The main purpose of the work is to offer a better understanding of the philosophy of space and in general of the mature Leibnizean metaphysics, through a pressing confrontation with the problems of geometric foundation. Regarding this scope of problems, the book also deals quite in depth with Leibniza (TM)s theory of sensibility, thus favouring the comparison and contrast between Leibniza (TM)s philosophy and Kanta (TM)s transcendentalist solution. The Appendix gives editing to a number of previously unpublished manuscripts on geometry from the Leibniz Archiv.

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<p>I find his contribution to the debate on the reality of corporeal substances to be at once original and decisive. And finally, I am hugely impressed by the expertise he has brought to bear on both the purely formal and the deeply metaphysical sides, each requiring vastly different but equally considerable competences. I am impressed by the original way in which he makes sense of the phenomenalistic strains in Leibniz??'s thought by connecting them with the metaphysics of expression, and this in turn with the foundation of real space. In sum, this dissertation is an extraordinary accomplishment. <p> <p>(R.T.W. Arthur, McMaster University) <p>I believe that this is an extraordinary dissertation which sets new standards for Leibnizean scholarship???and, in particular, for historical and philosophical investigation into the relationship between Leibniz and Kant. <p> <p>(M. Friedman, Stanford University)

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