TY - JOUR
TI - Peirce and Leibniz on Continuity and the Continuum
AU - Anapolitanos, D.A.
AU - Christopoulou, D.
JO - Metaphysica
PY - 2020
VL - 21
TODO - 1
SP - 115-128
PB - De Gruyter Mouton
SN - 1437-2053, 1874-6373
TODO - 10.1515/mp-2019-0008
TODO - null
TODO - This paper discusses some of C. S. Peirce's insights about continuity in his attempt to grasp the concept of the mathematical continuum. After a discussion of his earlier notions which he called 'Kanticity' and 'Aristotelicity' we arrive at his later belief that a continuum is rather a system of potential points. In his mature views, Peirce grasps a continuum as "a whole range of possibilities" without points at all. In the sequel, we turn to take into account some of Leibniz's attempts to deal with continuity and the continuum and we compare Peirce and Leibniz's approaches detecting certain impressive similarities and differences. © 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2020.
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