In his well-known Discourse on Metaphysics, Leibniz puts individual
substance at the basis of metaphysical building. In so doing, he
connects himself to a venerable tradition. His theory of individual
concept, however, breaks with another idea of the same tradition,
that no account of the individual as such can be given.
Contrary to what has been commonly accepted, Leibniza (TM)s
intuitions are not the mere result of the transcription of
subject-predicate logic, nor of the uncritical persistence of some
old metaphysical assumptions. They grow, instead, from an
unprejudiced inquiry about our basic ontological framework, where
logic of truth, linguistic analysis, and phenomenological
experience of the minda (TM)s life are tightly interwoven. Leibniza
(TM)s struggle for a concept capable of grasping concrete
individuals as such is pursued in an age of great paradigm changes
a" from the Scholastic background to Hobbesa (TM)s nominalism to
the Cartesian a ~way of ideasa (TM) or Spinozaa (TM)s substance
metaphysics a" when the relationships among words, ideas and things
are intensively discussed and wholly reshaped.
This is the context where the genesis and significance of
Leibniza (TM)s theory of a ~complete beinga (TM) and its concept
are reconstrued. The result is a fresh look at some of the most
perplexing issues in Leibniz scholarship, like his ideas about
individual identity and the thesis that all its properties are
essential to an individual.
The questions Leibniz faces, and to which his theory of
individual substance aims to answer, are yet, to a large extent,
those of contemporary metaphysics: how to trace a categorial
framework? How to distinguish concrete andabstract items? What is
the metaphysical basis of linguistic predication? How is
trans-temporal sameness assured? How to make sense of essential
attributions? In this ontological framework Leibniza (TM)s further
questions about the destiny of human individuals and their history
are spelt out. Maybe his answers also have something to tell
us.
This book is aimed at all who are interested in Leibniza (TM)s
philosophy, history of early modern philosophy and metaphysical
issues in their historical development.
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