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6Introduction. EinleitungStudia Leibnitiana 50 (1): 2. 2018.The importance of teleology in the 18 th century has mainly been studied from the point of view of a few specific authors. Leibniz is one of the most convinced advocates of the use of final causes in both physics and metaphysics. Despite its significance for the history of teleology, very few studies were in fact devoted to the influence of the Leibnizian doctrine during the 18 th century. However, Leibniz’s reception allows us not only to understand his own views on teleology in comparison with…Read more
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6Conducting Observations and Tests: Lambert’s Theory of Empirical ScienceIn Anne-Lise Rey & Siegfried Bodenmann (eds.), What Does It Mean to Be an Empiricist?: Empiricisms in Eighteenth Century Sciences, Springer Verlag. pp. 215-233. 2018.The paper aims at analyzing Lambert’s conception of empirical knowledge that is part of scientific learning. Indeed, in the Neues Organon, he claims that science is obtained with the help of both a priori and a posteriori knowledge. Lambert’s originality lies on the application of the analytic and synthetic methods of reasoning, which are traditionally used in formal disciplines, to the realm of experience. Transforming common knowledge into scientific a posteriori knowledge is mainly based on t…Read more
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6Reimarus sur la religion naturelle, la causalité finale et le mécanisme. Reimarus über die natürliche Religion, Finalkausalität und MechanismusStudia Leibnitiana 50 (1): 105. 2018.The article examines how Reimarus reorients concepts borrowed from Leibniz and Wolff – the principles of perfection, harmony and continuity – in order to feed his own natural religion project. Teleology is understood as a doctrine aiming at proving not only God’s perfections, but also the effects of the divine wisdom on creatures. Consequently, recourse to final causes in natural philosophy cannot remain at the level of general reasons, as Maupertuis’s principle of least action does, but rather …Read more
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IntroductionIn Christian Leduc & Daniel Dumouchel (eds.), Les ismes et catégories historiographiques. Formation et usage à l'époque moderne, Les Presses De L’université De Laval. pp. 7-15. 2021.
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Leibniz et Diderot (edited book)Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal. 2015.Ce livre s’intéresse à une rencontre : celle de deux philosophes, mais aussi celle de deux siècles et de deux régimes de pensée. Leibniz (1646-1716) et Diderot (1713-1784) appartiennent à deux traditions en apparence opposées : on associe généralement la pensée leibnizienne aux grands systèmes métaphysiques du XVIIe siècle, et celle de Diderot à la mise en pièces de ces édifices par la voie d’une philosophie expérimentale radicalement antisystématique. Pourtant, plusieurs liens entre les deux œu…Read more
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