monadology
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- noun
- /məˈnædəˌlədʒi/
- Specialized
- Leibniz's philosophy is best illustrated in his work, the Monadology, where he argues that reality consists of simple, indivisible substances.
- Monadology section
- Monadology—Leibniz
Examples
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The locus classicus for this model is in the Monadology (para. 15):
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However, the discussion of these issues in section 17 of the Monadology has received a lot of attention over the past couple of decades.
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Unfortunately, Monadology section 17 does not provide these reasons.
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However, as will become apparent later, we believe that they are to be found elsewhere in the Monadology.
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However, its appearance in section 17 of the Monadology has drawn by far the most attention from recent philosophers.
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When applied to Monadology section 17, these guiding assumptions yield the following interpretation:
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A surprising consequence of our interpretation is that section 17 of the Monadology can no longer be taken as an argument against materialism.
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Our concern here is that Wilson's interpretation of section 17 of the Monadology relies on claims about the unity that attends conscious awareness.
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We see explicitly that he regards "representation of the multitude in the unity," from Monadology section 14, as constitutive of the nature of perception.
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Taken together, two passages from the Monadology (para. 79) and the Principles of Nature and of Grace (para. 3) suggest this model:
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Etymology
The word monadology comes from the Greek part monad meaning 'single' or 'one' and -ology meaning 'study of', as in biology. It names the philosophical idea that the world is made of many simple parts that cannot be divided, which is why monadology studies these single basic units.