The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast Episode 6: Leibniz’s Monadology: What Is There?
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Monads as Indivisible Entities
- Leibniz's monads are indivisible, non-material entities that form the fundamental building blocks of reality.
- Monads cannot be subdivided or physically influenced by others, making them distinct from material atoms.
Monads' Internal Perceptions
- Monads possess perception as a self-contained, internal change rather than through external causation.
- This subjective perception allows monads to appear dynamic despite having no physical parts.
Unconscious Perceptions in Monads
- Even the smallest monads have unconscious perceptions, meaning awareness exists on a gradient from unconscious to fully self-aware.
- Leibniz was among the first to explicitly discuss unconscious perception in philosophy.