Today, we would like to introduce you to the new Springer book: „Émilie Du Châtelet in Relation to Leibniz and Wolff – Similarities and Differences“. This book offers the first detailed comparison between Émilie Du Châtelet‘s philosophy and her predecessors G.W. Leibniz and Christian Wolff. It highlights the similarities and the differences between her work and the ideas of Leibniz and Wolff. The book’s chapters explore a wide range of key concepts and topics, including freedom, love, space, extension, certainty, probability, the continuum, time, eternity, the world apart doctrine, and the principle of sufficient reason. The book as a whole situates Du Châtelet’s thought in the context of her predecessors and highlights how Du Châtelet’s understanding of her sources laid the foundations for the development of her own ideas. This edition will be of crucial interest to the growing community of scholars working on Du Châtelet’s thought as well as scholars of Early Modern Philosophy more generally.
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This book is the outcome of the International Conference Émilie Du Châtelet in Relation to Leibniz and Wolff held in 2022, organized by Clara Carus and Jeffrey McDonough. While her philosophy has often been classified as “Leibnizian” or “Wolffian”, this conference examines where such attributions apply – and where they fall short.
As a continuation of this research, we are also happy to share the lectures of last year’s international online conference on Émilie Du Châtelet, now available on our YouTube channel. These lectures were part of the International Online Conference Émilie Du Châtelet’s Scientific Methodology: Hypotheses and the Principles of Knowledge held on May 23rd and 24th, 2024, and brought together scholars in Early Modern Philosophy and the history of science.
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