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| Individuation, philosophy: the picking out of an object by a determination by means of additional information which is not to be derived from a single statement which contains this object. For example, beliefs are individualized by content, not e.g. by the length of the character strings with which they are expressed. The contents of a belief are, in turn, not individuated by their repetition, but by other contents._____________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 Individuation - Dictionary of Arguments
Holz I 27 Principium individuationis/Negation/Leibniz: the logical aspect as a negation, combined with the ontological aspect as the reason of the individual single being, leads to the world as the sum of discrete individual things whose unity is not a continuum. Then the name "world" means only the context imagined by us! This is a nominalistic interpretation, represented by the Renaissance philosopher Marius Nizolius (edited by Leibniz). LeibnizVsNizolius: "Nizolius tries to convince us that the universal is nothing else but the individual summarized, and that when I say: every human being is a living being, the meaning is: all humans are .. This is true, but it does not follow: That the general conceptions, the general, is only a totum collectivum (totum collectivum). Leibniz: there is another kind of the differentiated whole: (totum discretum): the divided (distributivum). I 28 If both were the same, one would say (falsely): The human race is a living being. Cf. >Distribution, >World/Leibniz, >Totality/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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