Leibniz on Deduction - Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments

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Deduction: necessary conclusion from the given premises. From the general to the particular. - In contrast, induction from special cases to the general. _____________ 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.

Leibniz, G.W. Books on Amazon	Deduction	Holz I 78f Deduction/Reduction/Leibniz: this results in a double movement of the reduction of the multiplicity to the one world and the deduction of the multiplicity from the constitution of this one world. The supreme general is then (extensional) a concept with the greatest possible extent. It excludes all more specific differentiating predicates! It has the minimum content provisions: e.g. "Be". However, as a world, it is the totality of all possible beings. Thus, the most comprehensive and most content-lacking term turns into the one with the most content. _____________ 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.	Lei II G. W. Leibniz Philosophical Texts (Oxford Philosophical Texts) Oxford 1998 Lei I H. H. Holz Leibniz Frankfurt 1992

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