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SUBSTANȚA CA FENOMEN ÎN CONCEPȚIA LUI LEIBNIZ
SUBSTANCE AS PHENOMENA IN LEIBNIZ’S CONCEPTION

Author(s): Ionuț Răduică
Subject(s): History of Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Phenomenology
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: Leibniz; substance; phenomenon; consciousness;

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with a perpective of interpreting Leibniz’s theory of substance, in the manner of understanding the concept of substance or monad as phenomena for our mind, soul, spirit or for our consciousness. This hypothesis relies on the correspondence, which Leibniz himself preferred, between metaphysics and immanence spheres. The article demonstrates that Leibniz’s philosophy poses many difficulties regarding the term monad or substance, especially on the field of metaphysics-empiric correspondence. At the same time, the article displays the systematic points where Leibniz should have introduced consciousness in discussion for the coherence of his philosophy, which could have the chance for substance to gain the status of a real phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 2/2015
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 53-61
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian