Routledge Locke and Leibniz on Substance (Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy)

Locke and Leibniz on Substance gathers together papers by an international group of academic experts, examining the metaphysical concept of substance in the writings of these two towering philosophers of the early modern period. Each of these newly-commissioned essays considers important interpretative issues concerning the role that the notion of substance plays in the work of Locke and Leibniz, and its intersection with other key issues, such as personal identity. Contributors also consider the relationship between the two philosophers and contemporaries such as Descartes and Hume. Review "Locke and Leibniz on Substance is an excellent volume. It is focused on two giants of the seventeenth century, their treatment of a topic of central importance in early modern philosophy, and it contains first-rate papers by leading scholars." ―Laurence Carlin, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh"An outstanding collection of essays on a central topic in early modern philosophy." ―Brandon C. Look, University of Kentucky About the Author Paul Lodge is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of Mansfield College at the University of Oxford, Specializing in 17th-Century Philosophy. He has published numerous articles on Leibniz and is editor and translator of The Leibniz-De Volder Correspondence (2013), and editor of Leibniz and His Correspondents (2004). Tom Stoneham is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. He has written extensively on Berkeley, including a monograph (Berkeley’s World, 2002), journal articles and contributions to handbooks (e.g. The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics, 2009; Debates in Modern Philosophy, Routledge, 2013). He has been interviewed for Philosophy Bites with Nigel Warburton and In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg. He also writes on modal metaphysics and perceptual and phenomenal consciousness.