Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature

{{short description|1995 book by Donald Rutherford}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature

| author = Donald Rutherford

| image = File:Leibniz_and_the_Rational_Order_of_Nature.jpg

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| language = English

| subject = Leibniz's philosophy

| publisher = Cambridge University Press

| pub_date = 1995, paperback 1998

| media_type = Print

| pages = 301 pp.

| isbn = 9781139172776

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Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature is a 1995 book about the concept of order in Leibniz's thought by Donald Rutherford.{{cite journal |last1=Mercer |first1=Christia |title=Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature (review) |journal=Journal of the History of Philosophy |date=1998 |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=139–141 |doi=10.1353/hph.2008.0948 |s2cid=147540423 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/228901 |language=en |issn=1538-4586|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Schmitter |first1=Amy M. |title=Review of Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature |journal=Mind |date=2001 |volume=110 |issue=438 |pages=542–546 |doi=10.1093/mind/110.438.542 |jstor=2660203 |issn=0026-4423}}{{cite journal |last1=Jolley |first1=Nicholas |title=Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature |journal=The Leibniz Review |date=1995 |volume=5 |pages=18–21 |doi=10.5840/leibniz1995515 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/JOLLAT-2|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Kelley |first1=Andrew K. |title=Rutherford, Donald. Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature |journal=Review of Metaphysics |date=1996 |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=421–423 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/KELRDL}}{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Catherine |title=Donald Rutherford, Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature |journal=Philosophy in Review |date=1996 |volume=16 |pages=287–289 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/WILDRL-2}}{{cite journal |last1=Rutherford |first1=Donald |title=Reply to Jolley's Review of Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature |journal=The Leibniz Review |date=1995 |volume=5 |pages=22–26 |doi=10.5840/leibniz199551 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/RUTRTJ-2|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Losonsky |first1=Michael |title=Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature |journal=Philosophical Review |date=2000 |volume=109 |issue=1 |pages=94–98 |doi=10.1215/00318108-109-1-94 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/LOSLAT|url-access=subscription }}