Leibniz d’aujourd’hui: les monadologies du XXIe siècle. Leibniz heute: Monadologien des 21. Jahrhunderts
Hans Poser
Studia Leibnitiana 2017 DOI: 10.25162/sl-2017-0011 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that three contemporary monadologies offer distinct responses to the mind-body problem: Meixner's consciousness-based metaphysics, Rescher's process-theoretical account, and Nakagomi's quantum ontology. The paper proposes that elements of these approaches might be merged into a contemporary monadology. |
Abstract
The mind-body problem is a central problem of modern philosophy. Leibniz’s Monadology as a model of a solution is picked up again and again even today. In order to characterize three of these completely different new monadologies of today, the basic difficulty of the mind-body-problem is outlined as a background, followed by a short sketch of the Leibnitian solution. - The first new monadology, here, is the metaphysical solution of U. Meixner, who chooses consciousness as a fundament, seeing a monad as a stream of consciousness. This is contrasted with a second new monadology, namely N. Rescher’s process-theoretical approach, which takes the monad not as a substance, but as a process. The third new monadology is the quantum monadology of T. Nakagomi, where the monad is embedded in a quantum ontological concept that elaborates a reconciliation of the macroscopic, material world with a quantum theoretical world of consciousness, both sides seen as an interpretation. Finally there are some reflections on a merger of elements of these three concepts of monadology for an approach of today.