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    Leibniz holds that we are 'innate to ourselves' — our nat... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Our innate endowment is a systematic reflection of our nature as substances, not an arbitrary collection of God-given starting points.

    Leibniz holds that we are 'innate to ourselves' — our nature is itself the source of our innate ideas.

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    Leibniz also addresses the question of how the innateness doctrine needs to be integrated into a broader epistemology and theory of mind. Among his most important contributions in this area: (i) the defense of unconscious mental states (53), (ii) the suggestion that not all of our innate endowment needs to be realized as (unconscious) ideas and thoughts, but might instead be ‘procedural’ – inborn ways of thinking and reasoning (84), (iii) a clear distinction between something’s being innate in u

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