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SUMMARY:The Genesis of Relationism. Leibniz's Early Theory of Space and Ne
 wton's Scholium. - Vincenzo De Risi (CNRS (Centre national de la recherche
  scientifique))
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DESCRIPTION:The talk provides a history of Leibniz's ideas about space by 
 looking at the archival material held in the Niedesachsiche Landesbiblioth
 ek in Hanover. Making use of manuscript sources\, I will show that\, contr
 ary to standard readings\, Leibniz did not develop a relational theory of 
 space until 1688 \,when he read Newton's&nbsp\;Principia&nbsp\;and realize
 d that he had to respond to the theory of absolute space with a new\, powe
 rful\, and rich alternative theory. The talk is the occasion of a reflecti
 on on the role of archives in making history of mathematics and philosophy
 .
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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