Leibniz's Naturalized Philosophy of Mind

Larry M. Jorgensen provides a systematic reappraisal of Leibniz's philosophy of mind. He argues that Leibniz's theological commitments yielded a thoroughgoing naturalizing methodology, according to which the properties of an object are explicable in terms of the object's nature, and that this led him to a fully natural theory of mind.

...valuable and insightful contribution to the literature on Leibniz

Auteur
Larry M. Jorgensen is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Skidmore College. His main research is in early modern philosophy, with a primary focus on Leibniz's philosophy of mind and, more generally, on the development of the uniquely modern conception of consciousness that developed during the seventeenth century. He has recently developed a secondary line of research into the ethics of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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Larry M. Jorgensen provides a systematic reappraisal of Leibniz's philosophy of mind. He argues that Leibniz's theological commitments yielded a thoroughgoing naturalizing methodology, according to which the properties of an object are explicable in terms of the object's nature, and that this led him to a fully natural theory of mind.

Contenu

• Introduction

• Part I: Leibniz's Naturalizing Project

• 1: Nature and Natures

• 2: Naturalizing Constraints: Equipollence and Continuity

• 3: The Intelligibility of Nature

• Part II: The Metaphysical Basis of Minds

• 4: Substance and Force

• 5: Living Mirrors: Expression and Perception

• 6: Perceptual Distinctness and Mental Activity

• Part III: Mind in the Natural Order

• 7: Perception, Consciousness, and Continuity

• 8: Looking Back: Memory and Consciousness

• 9: Looking Forward: Appetite and Desire

• Part IV: The Prerogative of Minds

• 10: Rational Beings and Animal Souls

• 11: Moral Identity and the Appearance of the Self

• 12: Self-Reflection, Perception, and Conceptual Thought

• Conclusion