Leibniz’s Formal Theory of Contingency Developed
Publication information:
McDonough, Jeffrey K. “Leibniz’s Formal Theory of Contingency Developed”. In Internationaler Leibniz-Kongress X Vorträge, edited by Ute Beckmann, 1:451-66. New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 2016.
Abstract
This essay further develops a meta-logical interpretation of Leibniz’s formal theory of contingency by taking up two additional issues not fully addressed in earlier efforts. The first issue concerns the relationship between Leibniz’s formal theory of contingency and his views on species and essentialism. The second issue concerns the relationship between Leibniz’s formal theory of contingency and the modal status of the actual world.