Philorum Wednesday February 6th: Jurgen Lawrenz - Liebniz: Metaphysics as Innovation
The philosophy of Leibniz is often considered to be the archetype of all stuffy metaphysical doctrines, out of touch with real life and an attempt to portray the world as a panpsychism. By the same token, his science is still well-appreciated. But how can the two be separated when they spring from the same mind? Strange to relate, several prominent physicists of our time found his metaphysics extremely relevant to fundamental issues of their own researches - and discovered in his metaphysical papers propositions of such startling originality and novelty that (as one of them wrote) 'Leibniz's conception of the universe appears to come closer to its true reality than any other known account.' In this presentation I will highlight some aspects of the Monadology which bear on these issues and are apt to close the gap between metaphysics and 'reality'. PHILORUM AT CENTRAL - TIME & PLACE 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. 18:15 for a 18:30 Start. Finish 21:30 (Feel free to come and go at any point during the night.) The Members Bar, Floor 1 (Keep winding up to the top of the stairs.) The Gaelic Club 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills Sydney, Australia (100 metres from a Central railway station exit.) Cost: Free (Patronise the bar).
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