Article ID: CBB001024178

The Concept of Transition and Its Role in Leibniz's and Whitehead's Metaphysics of Motion (2011)

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Leibniz's and Whitehead's analyses of motion are at the heart of their metaphysical schemes. These schemes are to be considered as two blueprints of a similar metaphysical intuition that emerged during two breakthrough eras, that is, the 17th century and the beginning of the 20th century, and retained the Aristotelian idea that existence requires an active principle. The two philosophers' attempts to elucidate this idea in the context of their analyses of motion still interact with central, longstanding questions in philosophy, in particular that concerning the ontological status of change. For both thinkers, the phenomenon of motion is an example par excellence, of the metaphysically fundamental principle of action that is required for change in the world. I focus on Leibniz's and Whitehead's similar understanding of the concept of transition that is inserted as an essential constitutive component of motion and ensures its status as something real.

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Authors & Contributors
Basile, Pierfrancesco
Welten, Willibord
Tanaka, Yutaka
Stolz, Joachim
Stan, Marius
Robinson, Thaddeus Steven
Concepts
Motion (physical)
Relativity
Metaphysics
Physics
Mechanics
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
20th century
17th century
19th century
18th century
Ancient
20th century, early
Places
Greece
France
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