Alfonso
Iommi Echeverria / Godofredo Iommi Amunategui: La Dissertatio de Arte
combinatoria de
Leibniz es seconde lecture
This article considers the Dissertatio de Arte combinatoria, published in
1666 and relatively neglected by Leibniz scholars. However, in recent times the
tide seems to be changing. Our work presents three main parts (sections II, III
and IV, respectively). The first one exposes the contributions of M. Serres and
E. Knobloch, viewed from our standpoint. The second one emphasizes the role
played by the symmetric group as the underlying mathematical structure of the
opus. Finally we treat the caput variationis which, in our opinion, is the
fundamental concept of the Dissertatio. Moreover, it is suggested
that the importance of such a theoretical insight may be traced in many aspects
of LeibnizÕs subsequent thought.
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