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A (Leibnizian) Theory of Concepts

A (Leibnizian) Theory of Concepts Edward N. Zalta Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University* If we had it [a characteristica universalis ], we should be able to reason in metaphysics and morals in much the same way as in geometry and analysis. … If controversies were to arise, there would be no more need of disputation between two philosophers than between two accountants. For it would suffice to take their pencils in their hands, to sit down to their slates, and to say to each other …: Let us calculate. G. W. Leibniz I have therefore, in what follows, … endeavored as far as possible to exhibit the theory of monads as a rigid deduction from a small number of premisses. B. Russell In the eyes of many philosophers, Leibniz established his credentials as a clear and logically precise thinker by having invented the differential and integral calculus. However, his philosophical and metaphysical views were never expressed as precisely as the mathematics he developed. His ideas about concept summation, concept inclusion, complete individual concepts, possible worlds, and the containment theory of truth were never developed within a single, overarching system as precise as the mathematical calculus. In this paper, we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png History of Philosophy and Logical Analysis Brill

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Edward N. Zalta Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University* If we had it [a characteristica universalis ], we should be able to reason in metaphysics and morals in much the same way as in geometry and analysis. … If controversies were to arise, there would be no more need of disputation between two philosophers than between two accountants. For it would suffice to take their pencils in their hands, to sit down to their slates, and to say to each other …: Let us calculate. G. W. Leibniz I have therefore, in what follows, … endeavored as far as possible to exhibit the theory of monads as a rigid deduction from a small number of premisses. B. Russell In the eyes of many philosophers, Leibniz established his credentials as a clear and logically precise thinker by having invented the differential and integral calculus. However, his philosophical and metaphysical views were never expressed as precisely as the mathematics he developed. His ideas about concept summation, concept inclusion, complete individual concepts, possible worlds, and the containment theory of truth were never developed within a single, overarching system as precise as the mathematical calculus. In this paper, we

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Published: Apr 5, 2000

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