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Although it is common to see Kant's philosophy as at its core a reaction to (and partial rejection of) the dogmatism and rationalism of Leibniz, Wolff, and their followers, it is surprising how little detailed and critical study there has been of the relation between Leibniz and Kant. How did Kant understand Leibniz's philosophy? Did he correctly understand Leibniz's philosophy? Since only a portion of Leibniz's philosophical writings were published prior to Kant's critical period, is there a

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While ruling out direct intervention by God in the course of nature, Kant leaves open the possibility that there are some phenomena that are subject to transcendental principles without following the laws of nature known to us. * Georg Sans SJ, Zeitschrift fA1/4r Theologie und Philosophie *

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Brandon C. Look was educated at the University of Chicago, where he received his BA, MA and PhD. Since 1995, he has been a Professor at the University of Kentucky. He has received grants and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is the author of Leibniz and the ''Vinculum Substantiale'', editor of the The Bloomsbury Companion to Leibniz and co-editor and co-translator (with Donald Rutherford) of The Leibniz-Des Bosses Correspondence for the Yale Leibniz series. In addition, he has published numerous essays on the history of early modern philosophy.

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