o/conference toggle_mode=read&action=list_forums&course_id=_1875554_1&nav Dear di We now move to consider Leibniz, our third main figure in the Rationalist tradtion. If you have or plan to take calculus sometime, it will be interesting to know you will be using the notation scheme of Leibniz. Leibniz and Issac newton discovered the calculus nearly simultaneously and independently, But mathematician's and scholars considered that Leibniz's notation was the more user friendly version, so it is today! In his philosophy we will look at his Monadology (our text on the Rationalists pp. 455-471). I have posted a lecture on The Monadology on BB under CONTENT. By Leonard Peikoff. You should listen to his lecture and read my lecture notes - under CONTENT as well. We'll have another quiz later on the material so I think you get the picture of what to do! The first question I'd like folks to discuss: (1) since Leibniz is a Rationalist, what are Monads anyway? and how can they be individuated?().e., they can't be material objects individuated in space if you are a Rationalist, right?- so how does Leibniz do it?) (2) Next leibniz famously claims the Monads are "windowless" What does he mean by this? (3)We have spoken quite a bit about Decartes MIND-BODY problem in the past. How does Leibniz respond to this problem. is the response a persuasive one? (4) According to Leibniz, could God have created a perfect world? Why, why not? (5) what then is the status of This world according to Leibniz? Is he persuasive here? Explain... (5) lastly. Please reconsider the MIND-BODY problem once again (Philosophy continually revisits its questions and rethinks our prior answers-Wittgenstein once said that "the great difficulty in philosophy is pushing the questions further down."). So, Ok, where do you stand presently? Materialism? Idealism, Dualism? or Monism? Why? o/conference toggle_mode=read&action=list_forums&course_id=_1875554_1&nav Dear di We now move to consider Leibniz, our third main figure in the Rationalist tradtion. If you have or plan to take calculus sometime, it will be interesting to know you will be using the notation scheme of Leibniz. Leibniz and Issac newton discovered the calculus nearly simultaneously and independently, But mathematician's and scholars considered that Leibniz's notation was the more user friendly version, so it is today! In his philosophy we will look at his Monadology (our text on the Rationalists pp. 455-471). I have posted a lecture on The Monadology on BB under CONTENT. By Leonard Peikoff. You should listen to his lecture and read my lecture notes - under CONTENT as well. We'll have another quiz later on the material so I think you get the picture of what to do! The first question I'd like folks to discuss: (1) since Leibniz is a Rationalist, what are Monads anyway? and how can they be individuated?().e., they can't be material objects individuated in space if you are a Rationalist, right?- so how does Leibniz do it?) (2) Next leibniz famously claims the Monads are "windowless" What does he mean by this? (3)We have spoken quite a bit about Decartes MIND-BODY problem in the past. How does Leibniz respond to this problem. is the response a persuasive one? (4) According to Leibniz, could God have created a perfect world? Why, why not? (5) what then is the status of This world according to Leibniz? Is he persuasive here? Explain... (5) lastly. Please reconsider the MIND-BODY problem once again (Philosophy continually revisits its questions and rethinks our prior answers-Wittgenstein once said that "the great difficulty in philosophy is pushing the questions further down."). So, Ok, where do you stand presently? Materialism? Idealism, Dualism? or Monism? Why