Leibniz on Forms of Thinking - Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments

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Forms of arguments, typical patterns.: _____________ 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	Forms of Thinking	Holz I 68 "Overarching general"/Leibniz/Holz: the truth of reason is the genre which comprises two (and only two) species, namely the truth of reason itself and its opposite, the truths of facts. For the formal logician, this remains a systematic contradiction: Leibniz makes a distinction between necessary and contingent truths. At the same time he comprehends both of them as analytic. Holz: in fact, the relationship is not formal, but dialectical. > Josef König: "The Overarching General" as the basic logical figure of Leibniz's metaphysics, necessary for the inexpressable multiplicity of the world, which can nevertheless be subjected to an order of reason. _____________ 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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