Leibnizian
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- adjective
- /ˌlaɪbˈnɪziən/
- Formal
- The notion of the brain as a static body is definitively meaningless, as axiomatically, conceiving of it as a really powerful processor stops short of such Leibnizian monads as awareness and imagination.
Examples
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However, just as it would make a great difference to the world if 7 + 5 did not equal 12 (however the numbers are symbolized), so it makes a great difference to the world whether, say, metaphysical pluralism (of a somewhat Leibnizian kind) or metaphysical monism (of a somewhat Spinozistic kind) is true.
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What cannot fit within the framework of Leibnizian optimism is the claim that some values are always in conflict with others and that the idea of some universal scale upon which they may all be weighed, and these conflicts resolved, is an illusion.
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Let me give two pairs of Leibnizian thoughts that appear to be in conflict with one another.
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A Leibnizian perspective on two modern theorists of the soul.
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All of this is consistent with a Leibnizian commitment to comparability and allows us to give at least a moderate degree of recognition to the tragic character of so many of the choices that we face.
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From a Leibnizian perspective, however, the Swinburne scenario is open to some of the more profound objections he made against the transmigration of souls.
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Moreover, she tends to see people and things in images drawn from the history of philosophy: "Talking with Ned is like falling down the rabbit hole into a Leibnizian universe."
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The theory of possible worlds—a modern adaptation of a Leibnizian concept—was originally developed as a means to solve problems in formal semantics.
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The Machiavellian fox, who knows many things, may be roguishly appealing in a way that the Leibnizian hedgehog, who knows one big thing, is not; but speculative theists are surely, above all else, those who know one big thing, something that encompasses everything else within it.
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Many modern philosophers draw on Leibnizian concepts to explore the nature of reality.
Synonyms
Relating to the ideas of Leibniz about math and thinking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word Leibnizian comes from the name Leibniz, a German thinker and mathematician, and the ending -ian meaning 'related to' or 'belonging to', the same ending you see in Newtonian. So Leibnizian means 'about or like the ideas' of Leibniz in math or philosophy.