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A Miracle Creed by Jeffrey K. McDonough, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Jeffrey K. McDonough

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A Miracle Creed by Jeffrey K. McDonough, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
A Miracle Creed by Jeffrey K. McDonough, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Jeffrey K. McDonough

A Miracle Creed by Jeffrey K. McDonough, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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A rival to Isaac Newton in mathematics and physics, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz believed that our world - the best of all possible worlds - must be governed by a principle of optimality. This book explores Leibniz's pursuit of optimality in five of his most important works in natural philosophyand shows how his principle of optimality bridges his scientific and philosophical studies. The first chapter explores Leibniz's work on the laws of optics and its implications for his defense of natural teleology. The second chapter examines Leibniz's work on the breaking strength of rigid beamsand its implications for his thinking about the metaphysical foundations of the material world. The third chapter revisits Leibniz's famous defense of the conservation of vis viva and proposes a novel account of the origin of Leibniz's mature natural philosophy. The fourth chapter takes up Leibniz'sefforts to determine the shape of freely hanging chains - the so-called problem of the catenary - and shows how that work provides an illuminating model for his thinking about the teleological structure of wills. Finally, the fifth chapter uses Leibniz's derivation of the path of quickest descent -his solution to the so-called problem of the Brachistochrone - and its historical context as a springboard for an exploration of the legacy of Leibniz's physics. The book closes with a brief discussion of the systematicity of Leibniz's thinking in philosophy and the natural sciences. | A Miracle Creed by Jeffrey K. McDonough, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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