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Vis Vim Vi: Declinations of Force in Leibniz’s DynamicsThe Changing Concept of the Equipollence of Cause and Effect

Vis Vim Vi: Declinations of Force in Leibniz’s Dynamics: The Changing Concept of the Equipollence... [This chapter concludes the three-part presentation of the central architectonic components of the dynamics. In this chapter, we examine the most important (and most explicit) principle of the dynamics. The equipollence of cause and effect, inherited from Scholastic thinkers but creatively reinvented by Leibniz, can be understood as the starting place of the dynamics project. In this chapter, we trace Leibniz’s different interpretations of this principle in order to move from a dynamics based on final causation (teleology) to that of formal cause (via the concept of actio). It is through this development that the very concept of vis matures in Leibniz. By examining this development, this chapter provides a fuller understanding of structural causation in the dynamics.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Vis Vim Vi: Declinations of Force in Leibniz’s DynamicsThe Changing Concept of the Equipollence of Cause and Effect

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-59053-0
Pages
93 –117
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-59055-4_5
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[This chapter concludes the three-part presentation of the central architectonic components of the dynamics. In this chapter, we examine the most important (and most explicit) principle of the dynamics. The equipollence of cause and effect, inherited from Scholastic thinkers but creatively reinvented by Leibniz, can be understood as the starting place of the dynamics project. In this chapter, we trace Leibniz’s different interpretations of this principle in order to move from a dynamics based on final causation (teleology) to that of formal cause (via the concept of actio). It is through this development that the very concept of vis matures in Leibniz. By examining this development, this chapter provides a fuller understanding of structural causation in the dynamics.]

Published: Jun 30, 2017

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