The Leibnizian Solution to the Problem of the Relationship Body-Soul from a Current Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.38.2016.17592Keywords:
Leibniz, relation body-soul, cogito.Abstract
The mind-body problem of today differs from that of the 17th century, as it is not so much discussed as an ontological one, but as a question of the empirical sciences—at best of epistemology. It goes back to Descartes, and found its Leibnizian solution by the pre-established harmony between Monads as substances, and their bodies as phenomena—namely, corporeal substances—warranted ‘top down’ by God’s selection of the world. This needs presumptions that are analysed here, in order to indicate that modern proposals for a solution via complex evolutionary processes depend on a way that is ‘bottom up’, yet by introducing comparable conjectures.
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2016-12-22
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Poser, H. (2016). The Leibnizian Solution to the Problem of the Relationship Body-Soul from a Current Perspective. ENDOXA, (38), 271–296. https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.38.2016.17592
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Essays in honor of Quintín Racionero
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