Monadologies: An Historical Overview

Dunham, J.; Phemister, P.

Abstract

This introductory overview comprises (i) a brief account of Leibniz's own monadology; (ii) a discussion of the reception of his philosophy up to Kant; and (iii) a short overview of the monadologies developed after Kant's first Critique, made via a summary of key points raised in this guest issue, highlighting recurrent themes, which include questions of historiography.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 19, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Jan 14, 2016
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Deposit Date: Sep 27, 2017
• Journal: British Journal for the History of Philosophy
• Print ISSN: 0960-8788
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-3526
• Publisher: Routledge
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1023-1032
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2015.1111191
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1375737