For Leibniz, even though whatever happens to an individual substance is certain to happen (since everything is included in its notion), if the contrary were to occur, that would not be impossible in itself, but only ex hypothesi, given the actual sequence of events.1 Of the infinitely many things whose opposites in themselves do not imply a contradiction (i.e., of infinitely many possible things), the one that will be true has more reason or is more perfect; God chooses the most perfect of all series of events and things (i.e., worlds) to bring to reality. Therefore, not all possibles attain existence, and there are infinitely many possible things which do not, have not, and will not exist. Leibniz saw this as his definitive strike against ...
How can we know that our world is not the only possible one? Leibniz’s claim that this world is the ...
The notion of substance is central to the whole of Leibniz' philosophy. It is intimately connected w...
This thesis is a study of Leibniz’s ontological arguments for the existence of God and a discussion ...
Leibniz has long faced a challenge about the coherence of the distinction between necessary and cont...
My central claim in this study is that the fundamental metaphysical principles of Leibniz fail to pr...
The several orders of compossibility must be sorted out «before» the divine decision to create this ...
The Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles, which says that there are no two particulars having in ...
Leibniz’s principle of sufficient reason (PSR) is the claim that everything has an explanation. It r...
The philosophy of Leibniz has seen renewed interest in recent years. Many of the themes central to c...
Leibniz's idea of creation is best epitomized by a note written by him on the margin of his work ent...
To answer Leibniz's question of why something exists rather than nothing, we must posit three a...
Leibniz claims that God acts in the best possible way, and that this includes creating exactly one w...
International audienceSecond part of a study dedicated to possibility and existence in the philosoph...
Modality plays an important role in Leibniz's philosophy. One of Leibniz's major philosophical conce...
According to one of Leibniz's theories of contingency a proposition is contingent if and only if it ...
How can we know that our world is not the only possible one? Leibniz’s claim that this world is the ...
The notion of substance is central to the whole of Leibniz' philosophy. It is intimately connected w...
This thesis is a study of Leibniz’s ontological arguments for the existence of God and a discussion ...
Leibniz has long faced a challenge about the coherence of the distinction between necessary and cont...
My central claim in this study is that the fundamental metaphysical principles of Leibniz fail to pr...
The several orders of compossibility must be sorted out «before» the divine decision to create this ...
The Principle of Identity of Indiscernibles, which says that there are no two particulars having in ...
Leibniz’s principle of sufficient reason (PSR) is the claim that everything has an explanation. It r...
The philosophy of Leibniz has seen renewed interest in recent years. Many of the themes central to c...
Leibniz's idea of creation is best epitomized by a note written by him on the margin of his work ent...
To answer Leibniz's question of why something exists rather than nothing, we must posit three a...
Leibniz claims that God acts in the best possible way, and that this includes creating exactly one w...
International audienceSecond part of a study dedicated to possibility and existence in the philosoph...
Modality plays an important role in Leibniz's philosophy. One of Leibniz's major philosophical conce...
According to one of Leibniz's theories of contingency a proposition is contingent if and only if it ...
How can we know that our world is not the only possible one? Leibniz’s claim that this world is the ...
The notion of substance is central to the whole of Leibniz' philosophy. It is intimately connected w...
This thesis is a study of Leibniz’s ontological arguments for the existence of God and a discussion ...