The Idea of Principle in Leibnitz and the Evolution of Deductive Theory

• Author(s): José Ortega y Gasset,
• Publisher: Norton
• Pages: 381
• ISBN_10: 0393332845
  ISBN_13: 9780393332841
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Mathematics / Logic , Philosophy / General , Philosophy / Logic ,

Description:... Ortega begins with a detailed definition of a principle and with an examination of the specific principles formulated by Leibnitz. He goes on to examine Leibnitz. He goes on to examine Leibnitz's complex and mercurial attitudes towards principles and discusses the effects of these attitudes on his philosophy and on contributions to mathematics and logic.