Wilson - Revival: Leibniz (2001)

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American Catholic Philosophical Association for the essays: John Kronen (1997), Substances are not Windowless: A Suarzian Critique of Monadism, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly,71, pp. 5981. Copyright 1997 American Catholic Philosophical Association; William E. May (1962), The God of Leibniz, New Scholasticism,36, pp. 50628. Copyright 1962 American Catholic Philosophical Association.

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John Earman (1977), Perception and Relations in the Monadology, Studia Leibnitiana,9, pp. 21230. Copyright 1977 John Earman.

Daniel Fouke (1994), Emanation and the Perfections of Being: Divine Causation and the Autonomy of Nature in Leibniz, Archiv Fuer Geschichte der Philosophie,76, pp. 16894. Copyright 1994 Daniel Fouke.

Johns Hopkins University Press for the essays: John W. Nason (1945), Leibnizs Attack on the Cartesian Doctrine of Extension, Journal of the History of Ideas,6, pp. 44783. Copyright 1945 Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Johns Hopkins University Press; Steven Nadler (1994), Choosing a Theodicy: The Leibniz-Malebranche-Arnauld Connection, Journal of the History of Ideas,50, pp. 57389. Copyright 1994 Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Johns Hopkins University Press; David Scott (1997), Leibniz and the Two Clocks, Journal of the History of Ideas,58, pp. 44563; Copyright 1997 Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Johns Hopkins University Press; Donald F. Lach (1945), Leibniz and China, Journal of the History of Ideas,6, pp. 43655. Copyright 1945 Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Johns Hopkins University Press.

Journal of the History of Philosophy, Inc. for the essays: Donald P. Rutherford (1990), Leibnizs Analysis of Multitude and Phenomena into Unities and Reality , Journal of the History of Philosophy,28, pp. 52552; Ezio Vailati (1990), Leibniz on Locke on Weakness of Will, Journal of the History of Philosophy,28, pp. 21328; Jack Davidson (1998), Imitators of God: Leibniz on Human Freedom, Journal of the History of Philosophy,36, pp. 387412; Carolyn Merchant (1979), The Vitalism of Anne Conway: Its Impact on Leibnizs Concept of the Monad, Journal of the History of Philosophy,17, pp. 25569; Michael Losonsky (1992), Leibnizs Adamic Language of Thought, Journal of the History of Philosophy,30, pp. 52343.

Mark Kulstad (1981), Leibniz, Animals, and Apperception, Studia Leibnitiana,13, pp. 2560. Copyright 1981 Mark Kulstad.

Domenico Bertoloni Meli (1988), Leibniz on the Censorship of the Copernican System, Studia Leibnitiana,20, pp. 1942. Copyright 1988 Domenico Bertoloni Meli.

Oxford University Press for the essay: Richard Arthur (1994), Space and Relativity in Newton and Leibniz, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science,45, pp. 21940.

Nicholas Rescher (1981), Leibniz and the Concept of a System, Studia Leibnitiana,13, pp. 11422. Copyright 1981 Nicholas Rescher.

David S. Scarrow (1973), Reflections on the Idealist Interpretation of Leibnizs Philosophy, Studia Leibnitiana Supplementa,12, pp. 8593. Copyright 1973 David Scarrow.

Samuel Scheffler (1976), Leibniz on Personal Identity and Moral Personality, Studia Leibnitiana,8, pp. 21940. Copyright 1976 Samuel Scheffler.

William Seager (1991), The Worm in the Cheese: Leibniz, Consciousness and Matter, Studia Leibnitiana,23, pp. 7991. Copyright 1991 William Seager.

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