Philosopher S. Siddarth discusses. What do readers think?
Leibniz, obviously and indisputably, believes that there is no true being that is not a perceiving subject, or that has…
2 responses to “Leibniz, proto-panpsychist?”
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For sure. Re-discovering Leibniz ; reinventing the wheel perhaps. This is why philosophy requires understanding the history of philosophy. I should throw in also that Whitehead would also be meditated on by the new pan psychists. He had already tried to bring Leibniz into the 20th centrury. The fundamentals elements are actual occasions that are drops of experience. Monads but with windows, and with levels of organization. But as with leibniz he is neglected
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Leibniz, obviously and indisputably, believes that there is no true being that is not a perceiving subject, or that has nothing about it analogous to the “moi”. The physical world results in turn, in a way difficult to summarize, from the activity of these nodes of perception, atoms of substance, points of view, monads — call them what you will. If we want to project back the latest fashionable term to describe this position, I suppose nothing prevents us from doing so. But the framing is anachronistic and ultimately not terribly illuminating.
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