abstract:I argue that Emilie du Châtelet's metaphysics of corporeal substance in the 1740s was a species of realism. This result challenges the ruling consensus, which takes her to have been decisively influenced by Leibniz, an idealist. In addition, I argue that du Châtelet's ontology of body is a mixture of realism and idealism, likewise non-Leibnizian. This, too, questions the scholarly consensus and opens the way for an overdue careful reassessment of her overall doctrine. I suggest that her view is best understood as dualism, a two-substance metaphysics that puts du Châtelet quite close to Christian Wolff.

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Emilie du Châtelet 的物质形而上学

摘要：我认为 Emilie du Châtelet 在 1740 年代关于有形物质的形而上学是一种现实主义。这一结果挑战了统治共识，认为她受到了理想主义者莱布尼茨的决定性影响。此外，我认为杜夏特莱的身体本体论是现实主义和唯心主义的混合体，同样是非莱布尼茨主义的。这也对学术共识提出了质疑，并为对她的整体学说进行迟到的仔细重新评估开辟了道路。我建议最好将她的观点理解为二元论，这是一种两种物质的形而上学，使 du Châtelet 与 Christian Wolff 非常接近。