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providing a reason
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Both Contingent and Necessary truths depend on and are grou ○
Truth of a domain can also be known from the investigation of
or PSR
Math relies on the investigation for contradiction §
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What is sufficient Reason
A priori proof ○
An argument from causes and effects ○
Conceptual Containment theory of Truth
Bachelors are unmarried
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Are umarried already carries that they are bachelors
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Has the consequence all truths are contingent §
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TO respond to this, he makes infinite analysis
Process of replacing terms of a proposition with (partial) d §
Necessary truths have finite demonstration by analysis, co
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Primitive Active Force
Nature or essence of a substance
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Principle of the Best
any possible proposition (P) is true just in the case that P
possible world
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Works with Leibniz's definition of PSR
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Why did Leibniz Believe the PSR
Argues for PSR by:
Concept of sufficient reason and a "requisite" §
From his theory of truth §
Inductively
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Uses of PSR
Leibniz uses it to prove God exists
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Explanation for God: If there is none, then all things are conting
contingent things have no explanation, for no contingent thing
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Rules out the possibility of 2 indiscernible things ○
Space and time are not absolute ○
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PSR precedes Leibniz •
ANNE CONWAY

ANNE CONWAY
Liebniz really liked her writing •
Used the term Monad before him •
CH III
God is a free agent, created the world out of his internal diving
external reasons
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The least creature we can conceive of has infinite creatures ○
All creatures united in certain matter ○
God is wise and good ○
God has no indifference of will, he acts on his own accord but
to acting
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Every created spirit there may be some infinity of spirits, all of w
equal extension with the aforesaid spirit
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There is no separation of space between god and humans, and
he works, like it is the nature of the sun to shine (at the continu
will)
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Monads act on other monads even at a great distance, all crea
lowest to highest are inseparably united with one another
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The souls will never cease to exist, universal law of justice ○
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Du Chatelet, Physics I II
Descartes allowed a lively internal sense of clarity for the basis of re •
Contradiction is the foundation of all necessary truths
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PSR is great! Without it, absurdities ensue
Is the principle that differentiates waking from sleeping\ ○
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Law of Continuity
Nothings jumps in nature, one mass pass through all the conce
phases
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Proves there are no 'hard bodies' in the universe ○
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CH. 2
Somethings exists, since I exist 1.
Since something exists, it must have existed from all eternity (s
come from nothing)
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This ever existent being can not have an inception, and it this b 3.
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