Leibniz believed in freedom, both divine and human, and he thought that contingency was a necessary condition of freedom. That is, if an agent A acts freely when choosing X, then A's choosing X cannot be necessary. But there are some elements in his philosophy that seem to make contingency impossible.
Those who think that metaphysics is just misunderstood grammar will react to my giving metaphysics some place or another in the system of knowledge. - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Those who think that metaphysics is just misunderstood grammar will react to my giving metaphysics some place or another in the system of knowledge.
- Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
The parallelism, or denial of any causation between mind and body, derives basically, and fallaciously, from a theory of substances as having complet… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
The parallelism, or denial of any causation between mind and body, derives basically, and fallaciously, from a theory of substances as having complet…
I think there is a metaphysical problem of the relation between mind and body. Thinking that there is no metaphysical dimension to the problem is an … - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
I think there is a metaphysical problem of the relation between mind and body. Thinking that there is no metaphysical dimension to the problem is an …
I do not believe in the bundle theory anyway. The bundle theory postulates universals and I do not believe in them; so I do not believe in the bundle… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
I do not believe in the bundle theory anyway. The bundle theory postulates universals and I do not believe in them; so I do not believe in the bundle…
By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defe… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defe…
For bundles of universals can be in more than one place at the same time; so a bundle can have more than one instance; so there can be numerically di… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
For bundles of universals can be in more than one place at the same time; so a bundle can have more than one instance; so there can be numerically di…
In my view the bundle theorist should say that when a bundle is located somewhere, there is an 'instance' of the bundle there. The instance is entire… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
In my view the bundle theorist should say that when a bundle is located somewhere, there is an 'instance' of the bundle there. The instance is entire…
The role of metaphysics in relation to other disciplines, whether philosophical or not and including the natural sciences, is thus a foundational rol… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
The role of metaphysics in relation to other disciplines, whether philosophical or not and including the natural sciences, is thus a foundational rol…
Metaphysics is the study of the most general nature and basic structure of reality, and therefore the concepts of metaphysics, concepts like time, sp… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Metaphysics is the study of the most general nature and basic structure of reality, and therefore the concepts of metaphysics, concepts like time, sp…
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