Leibniz and Hermeneutics
In recent centuries in the history of philosophy, Leibniz’s thought has been considered from a wide range of perspectives: as a decisive influence on modernity’s genesis or, as Kant’s predecessor, as key to contemporary logic’s development, and even in parallel to Nietzsche’s metaphysics of individuality. However, the high potential of Leibniz’s thought has been most strongly understood by contemporary hermeneutics and its authors, including Heidegger, for whom Leibniz represents the greatest exponent of Modernity. This book explores the philosophical connection of the hermeneutical approach with Leibniz’s thought. Comprised of twelve chapters, in addition to a detailed bibliography of the appearances of Leibniz in Heidegger’s Gesamtausgabe and secondary literature, it explores such subjects as the distinction amongst phases in Heidegger’s reception of Leibniz, works dedicated to concepts of time, substance, representation, personal identity, reality and force. Furthermore, this book also provides the perspectives of a number of authors in relation to Leibniz, such as Ortega y Gasset, Apel, Deleuze, and Husserl.
Juan Antonio Nicolás is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Granada, Spain, having received his PhD from the same institution in 1990. He is President of the Leibniz Ibero-American Network, Vice-President of the Spanish Society of Leibniz, and Director of the Leibniz Hispanic Library, and has co-ordinated a number of research projects on Leibniz. His publications include Leibniz und die Entstehung der Modernität [Leibniz and the Emergence of Modernity] (2010), Teorías contemporáneas de la verdad [Contemporary Theories of Truth] (2012), and “Leibniz auf spanisch. Ziele, Schwierigkeiten, Perspektiven”, in Komma und Kathedrale (edited by Wenchao Li, 2012).
José M. Gómez Delgado received his PhD from the University of Granada, Spain, with a doctoral dissertation focusing on Zubiri’s and Heidegger’s thinking. He participates in the Investigation Seminars of the Fundación X. Zubiri in Madrid, and has taught courses on Spanish Thinking of the 20th Century and Theories of Truth. His publications include La realidad del sentido. Interpretación, normatividad y fenomenología en Heidegger y Zubiri (Comares, 2015).
Miguel Escribano Cabeza studied Chemistry at the University of Burgos, Spain, and Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid. He obtained his doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Granada, Spain, where he is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher.
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