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100 1 0 _aLeduc, Christian
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245 0 0 _aThe epistemological autonomy of analogy in Leibniz’s work
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520 _aLeibniz uses arguments by way of analogy in a multitude of theoretical realms. According to some commentators, these uses would have to be articulated around the metaphysical concept of expression: in order for an analogy to be valid, it must be founded upon a perceptive and expressive relation of proportionality. This paper instead gives a non-metaphysical interpretation of analogy in Leibniz. In several contexts, it would be neither desirable nor possible to find a metaphysical foundation to analogical comparisons. Besides, the epistemological autonomy of analogy was already recognized in Leibniz’s early works and had consequences until his final years.
786 0 _nLes Études philosophiques | o 118 | 3 | 2016-08-31 | p. 337-356 | 0014-2166
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-les-etudes-philosophiques-2016-3-page-337?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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