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The Force of an IdeaWolff on Monadology and “Materialisterey”

The Force of an Idea: Wolff on Monadology and “Materialisterey” [Christian Wolff discusses the so-called three systems of mind–body interaction (which are actually five systems including materialist and idealist monism) at quite some length in the Psychologia rationalis, without arriving at a conclusion, however, that he himself considers satisfactory. He does support pre-established harmony eventually, but only as the lesser evil. In a similar vein, he officially endorses Leibnizian monadology but adds the caveat that it applies only to minds, thus in fact rejecting the monistic panpsychism that is characteristic at least of Leibniz’s mature metaphysics. The aim of this chapter is to disentangle some of the complexities of Wolff’s view of the mind–body problem and thus shed some light on what his view of it and of related metaphysical issues actually amounts to.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Force of an IdeaWolff on Monadology and “Materialisterey”

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 50)
Editors: Araujo, Saulo de Freitas; Pereira, Thiago Constâncio Ribeiro; Sturm, Thomas
Wunderlich, Falk
The Force of an Idea — Jul 17, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-74434-2
Pages
105 –119
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-74435-9_7
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Abstract

[Christian Wolff discusses the so-called three systems of mind–body interaction (which are actually five systems including materialist and idealist monism) at quite some length in the Psychologia rationalis, without arriving at a conclusion, however, that he himself considers satisfactory. He does support pre-established harmony eventually, but only as the lesser evil. In a similar vein, he officially endorses Leibnizian monadology but adds the caveat that it applies only to minds, thus in fact rejecting the monistic panpsychism that is characteristic at least of Leibniz’s mature metaphysics. The aim of this chapter is to disentangle some of the complexities of Wolff’s view of the mind–body problem and thus shed some light on what his view of it and of related metaphysical issues actually amounts to.]

Published: Jul 17, 2021

Keywords: Christian Wolff; Leibniz; Materialism; Mind–body problem; Pre-established harmony; Psychology

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