Matter matters [electronic resource] : metaphysics and methodology in the early modern period / Kurt Smith. Smith, Kurt, 1961- Descartes, Ren�e, 1596-1650. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Matter. Metaphysics History 17th century. BD111 110 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Why is there a material world? Why is it fundamentally mathematical? 'Matter Matters' explores a 17th-century answer to these questions as it emerged from the works of Descartes and Leibniz. Kurt Smith establishes the claim that mathematics is intelligible if, and only if, matter exists. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (x, 299 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583652.001.0001 eng