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This chapter argues for a close connection between Leibniz’s doctrine of the relational character of space and the doctrine that space is ideal. The chapter further explores some of the consequences of the latter doctrine for Leibniz’s philosophy. The approach is anchored in basic principles of Leibniz’s metaphysics that are fixed long before his exchange with Clarke, as well as conclusions he reaches about space through work on the foundations of geometry. Throughout, it is assumed that in his writings on metaphysics, physics, and mathematics Leibniz operates with a single concept of space and a single account of the mode of cognition by which objects are apprehended as spatially related. Finally, the chapter examines the extent to which Leibniz’s doctrine of space anticipates Kant’s conception of space. |
