Leibniz Perception Apperception And Thought
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Author | : Mark Kulstad |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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This work represents an investigation of the most important properties of the human mind consciousness, apperception and reflection - and of their significance for Leibnizian philosophy. The development of Leibniz's thinking in the course of his treatment of these themes receives especially detailed treatment, and is thoroughly documented on the basis of the original texts. The concepts of consciousness and reflection were the object of intensive discussion in the l7th century. Starting out from the problem of the distinction between humans and brutes - Descartes' view of animals as mere machines was always decisively rejected by Leibniz-Kulstad shows the significance of these concepts in the early writings of Leibniz. He shows how Leibniz was then stimulated by Locke to add the word "apperception" into his philosophy. The author sets out the influence of Locke on Leibniz and demonstrates how Leibniz adopted a firmer and more constant position as to the relation between consciousness and reflection than one finds in Locke's own writings. From the beginning to the end of his life Leibniz defends the thesis that both consciousness and reflection consist in the memory of one mental act via another. The author shows how Leibniz hereby aligns himself with an European philosophihical tradition which can be traced back to Plato, Aristotle and Aquinas. Of course, a clarification of the meanings of words such as "consciousness", "reflection" and "apperception" is important not only for an understanding of Leibniz's philosophy but also for contemporary metaphysics and theory of knowledge. Leibniz certainly recognized and thought through the problems associated with these words, but he never developed a final, coherent theory, a fact which certainly reflects in part the complexity of the underlying problems. By exploiting not only all the relevant Leibnizian writings but also the results of more receent philosophy in this field, Kulstad is able to draw a reliable picture both of Leibniz's treatment of these problems and of the influence of his views on his contemporaries and successors.
Author | : Robert F. McRae |
Publisher | : Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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Author | : Pauline Phemister |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2005-06-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781402034008 |
In the present book, Pauline Phemister argues against traditional Anglo-American interpretations of Leibniz as an idealist who conceives ultimate reality as a plurality of mind-like immaterial beings and for whom physical bodies are ultimately unreal and our perceptions of them illusory. Re-reading the texts without the prior assumption of idealism allows the more material aspects of Leibniz's metaphysics to emerge. Leibniz is found to advance a synthesis of idealism and materialism. His ontology posits indivisible, living, animal-like corporeal substances as the real metaphysical constituents of the universe; his epistemology combines sense-experience and reason; and his ethics fuses confused perceptions and insensible appetites with distinct perceptions and rational choice. In the light of his sustained commitment to the reality of bodies, Phemister re-examines his dynamics, the doctrine of pre-established harmony and his views on freedom. The image of Leibniz as a rationalist philosopher who values activity and reason over passivity and sense-experience is replaced by the one of a philosopher who recognises that, in the created world, there can only be activity if there is also passivity; minds, souls and forms if there is also matter; good if there is evil; perfection if there is imperfection.
Author | : R. S. Woolhouse |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Language and languages |
ISBN | : 9780415038089 |
Author | : Donald Rutherford |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2005-03-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0195143744 |
New essays offer an overview of current research into Leibniz' metaphysics, situating this distinctive philosophy of nature.
Author | : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Metaphysics |
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Author | : Michael Hooker |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780719009259 |
Author | : Kathleen Okruhlik |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400954905 |
Author | : Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Metaphysics |
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Author | : Franklin Perkins |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2007-07-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0826489206 |
A concise and coherent overview of Leibniz, ideal for second- or third-year undergraduates who require more than just an simple introduction to his work and thought.