Leibniz: New Essays on Human Understanding (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)

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Challenging Locke's views in Essays on Human Understanding chapter by chapter, Leibniz's references to his contemporaries and his discussion of the ideas and institutions of the age make this work a fascinating and valuable document in the history of ideas. Cover Publication Data Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations Chronology Further Reading Notes on the Translation Note on the Edition New Essays on Human Understanding Preface Book I - 'Of Innate Notions' Ch. 1. Whether there are innate principles in the mind of man. Ch. 2. That there are 'no innate practical principles'. Ch. 3. 'Other considerations concerning innate principles, both speculative and practical.' Book II - 'Of Ideas' Ch. 1. In which we discuss 'ideas in general', and incidentally consider whether the soul of man always thinks. Ch. 2. 'Of simple ideas.' Ch. 3. 'Of ideas of one sense.' Ch. 4. 'Of solidity.' Ch. 5. 'Of simple ideas of divers senses.' Ch. 6. 'Of simple ideas of reflection.' Ch. 7. 'Of...ideas of both sensation and reflection.' Ch. 8. 'Some farther considerations concerning...simple ideas.' Ch. 9. 'Of perception.' Ch. 10. 'Of retention.' Ch. 11. 'Of discerning, or the faculty of distinguishing ideas. Ch. 12. 'Of complex ideas.' Ch. 13. 'Of simple modes; and first, of the simple modes of space.' Ch. 14. 'Of duration, and its simple modes.' Ch. 15. 'Of duration and expansion, considered together.' Ch. 16. 'Of number.' Ch. 17. 'Of infinity.' Ch. 18. 'Of other simple modes.' Ch. 19. 'Of the modes of thinking.' Ch. 20. 'Of modes of pleasure and pain.' Ch. 21. 'Of power' and freedom. Ch. 22. 'Of mixed modes.' Ch. 23. 'Of our complex ideas of substances.' Ch. 24. 'Of collective ideas of substances.' Ch. 25. 'Of relation.' Ch. 26. 'Of cause and effect, and other relations.' Ch. 27. What identity or diversity is Ch. 28. Of certain 'other relations', especially moral relations. Ch. 29. 'Of clear and obscure, distinct and confused ideas.' Ch. 30. Of real and chimerical ideas. Ch. 31. Of complete and incomplete ideas. Ch. 32. 'Of true and false ideas.' Ch. 33. 'Of the association of ideas.' Book III - 'Of Words' Ch. 1. 'Of words or language in general.' Ch. 2. 'Of the signification of words.' Ch. 3. 'Of general terms.' Ch. 4. 'Of the names of simple ideas.' Ch. 5. 'Of the names of mixed modes and relations.' Ch. 4. 'Of ideas of one sense.' Ch. 6. 'Of the names of substances.' Ch. 7. 'Of particles.' Ch. 8. 'Of abstract and concrete terms.' Ch. 9. 'Of the imperfection of words.' Ch. 10. 'Of the abuse of words.' Ch. 11. 'Of the remedies of the foregoing imperfections and abuses.' Book IV - 'Of Knowledge' Ch. 1. 'Of knowledge in general.' Ch. 2. 'Of the degrees of our knowledge.' Ch. 3. 'Of the extent of human knowledge.' Ch. 4. 'Of the reality of our knowledge.' Ch. 5. 'Of truth in general.' Ch. 6. 'Of universal propositions, their truth and certainty.' Ch. 7. Of the propositions which are named maxims or axioms. Ch. 8. 'Of trifling propositions.' Ch. 9. 'Of our knowledge of [our] existence.' Ch. 10. 'Of our knowledge of the existence of...God.' Ch. 11. 'Of our knowledge of the existence of other things.' Ch. 12. 'Of ways of increasing our knowledge.' Ch. 13. 'Some farther considerations concerning our knowledge.' Ch. 14. 'Of judgment.' Ch. 15. 'Of probability.' Ch. 16. 'Of the degrees of assent.' Ch. 17. 'Of reason.' Ch. 18. 'Of faith and reason, and their distinct provinces.' Ch. 19. 'Of enthusiasm.' Ch. 20. Of error. Ch. 21. 'Of the division of the sciences.' Notes A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Z References Index of Names Index of Topics List of Examples, Illustrations and Anecdotes