Leibniz's pre-established harmony preserves genuine mental causation within each substance's own series, making finite minds true sources of their representational and appetitive states.
?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.
No one has weighed in yet. Be the first to share reasons for or against this statement.
Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.
Non-divine mental substances such as human minds, considered as a potential source of causal activity in bodies
pre-established harmony(Leibniz's early career writings; introduced to resolve the tension between the independence of substances and the requirement that each represent the whole universe)
A doctrine introduced on truth-theoretical grounds, holding that God, in his goodness and preference for a maximally harmonious world, has established that each substance truly represents all other substances in the universe, even though finite substances exist independently of one another.
representational states(as what second-order volitions depend on)
Mental states that are *about* something—like thoughts, beliefs, or ideas that represent or point to things in the world.
substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence)
The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence