Intro; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; LA PHILOSOPHIE EXPÉRIMENTALE DE LEIBNIZ; 1. THE METAPHYSICS OF EXPERIENCE; LE " PRINCIPE DES PRINCIPES " : IDÉES ET EXPÉRIENCES; IT IS NOT EXPERIENCE THAT MATTERS IN THE BATTLE OF RATIONALISM AND EMPIRICISM, OR HOW THEOLOGY FAVORS EMPIRICISM OVER RATIONALISM; LEIBNIZ'S CONCEPTION OF SENSATION; LEIBNIZ ON MONADIC AGENCY AND OPTIMAL FORM; 2. EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES; DAS PERPETUUM MOBILE UND LEIBNIZ' BEGRÜNDUNG DER PHYSIK ALS ERFAHRUNGSWISSENSCHAFT DES LIMITES DE L'EXPÉRIENCE: LEIBNIZ ET L'EXPLICATION DES PHÉNOMÈNES MAGNÉTIQUESWHAT A 'SCIENCE OF THE ORGANISM' SHOULD BE FOR LEIBNIZ; THINKING WITH ANIMALS IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY: ANATOMY AND ANALOGY IN LOWER, TYSON, AND LEIBNIZ; LA CHIMIE POUR LEIBNIZ: UNE PRATIQUE COGNITIVE?; LEIBNIZ AND HIS OBSERVATA PHILOSOPHICA; 3. THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA, OR THE EXPERIENCE OF KNOWING; MORE MATHEMATICO DEMONSTRATA, ORDINE NATURALI EXPOSITA: LEIBNIZ SUR L'ORGANISATION DE L'ENCYCLOPÉDIE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS