Metafísica y cálculo infinitesimal

Mathematical theories, and mainly infinitesimal Calculus, was applied by Leibniz to many other sciences; and concepts like infinitesimals, continuity, etc., were also relevant for Leibniz’ Metaphysics. In this paper we comment two letters from Leibniz about these subjects.

Bibliographic Details
Author: de Mora Charles, Mary Sol
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/13125
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/13125
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:metaphysics
monadology
infinitesimal calculus
continuity
divisibility
metafísica
monadología
cálculo infinitesimal
continuidad
divisibilidad
Description
Summary:Mathematical theories, and mainly infinitesimal Calculus, was applied by Leibniz to many other sciences; and concepts like infinitesimals, continuity, etc., were also relevant for Leibniz’ Metaphysics. In this paper we comment two letters from Leibniz about these subjects.