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| Atomism (philosophy, logic): A) Atomism is the assumption that the facts can be represented by elementary sentences. Thus the question of the independence of facts is raised. See also Atomic sentences, Humean supervenience, Causality.
B) In relation to the world, the atomism of ancient philosophy assumes that there are smallest units, the atoms. These are sometimes thought of as having a particular shape._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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G.W. Leibniz on Atomism - Dictionary of Arguments
Holz I 94 Atomism/difference/Leibniz: the difference of the substances is an external one, the world manifests itself in the action of reciprocal causation relations of assumed substances A, B, C, etc. ((s) difference is external because only recognizable with respect to others.) This is the model of atomism. But in a modified form it is also the model of transcendental unity in Kant. >Substance/Leibniz, >Substance/Kant, >Unity/Leibniz, >Unity/Kant. World/Kant: Substances which interact with one another form "the correlation of the phenomena according to the necessary rules, i.e. laws." But just as an idea! >Phenomena/Leibniz, >Idea/Leibniz._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Lei II G. W. Leibniz Philosophical Texts (Oxford Philosophical Texts) Oxford 1998 Holz I Hans Heinz Holz Leibniz Frankfurt 1992 Holz II Hans Heinz Holz Descartes Frankfurt/M. 1994 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-29