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Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition — John Dewey

Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition

John Dewey

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 185 pages

John Dewey's critical exposition of Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding examines Leibniz's response to Locke's Essay, treating knowledge, innate ideas, and the mind. It is a clear guide to early modern philosophy, useful for anyone interested in how two major thinkers differ.

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Contents

  1. LEIBNIZ’S NEW ESSAYS CONCERNING THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING.
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. CHAPTER I. THE MAN.
  5. CHAPTER II. THE SOURCES OF HIS PHILOSOPHY.
  6. CHAPTER III. THE PROBLEM, AND ITS SOLUTION.
  7. CHAPTER IV. LOCKE AND LEIBNIZ.—INNATE IDEAS.
  8. CHAPTER V. SENSATION AND EXPERIENCE.
  9. CHAPTER VI. THE IMPULSES AND THE WILL.
  10. CHAPTER VII. MATTER AND ITS RELATION TO SPIRIT.
  11. CHAPTER VIII. MATERIAL PHENOMENA AND THEIR REALITY.
  12. CHAPTER IX. SOME FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTIONS.
  13. CHAPTER X. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF KNOWLEDGE.
  14. CHAPTER XI. THE THEOLOGY OF LEIBNIZ.
  15. CHAPTER XII. CRITICISM AND CONCLUSION.
  16. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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