leibniz innatism
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- Created on: 06-06-18 00:43
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- LEIBNIZ ON INNATE IDEAS
- P1. the senses only give us particular instances
- P2. a collection of instances can never show the necessity of truth
- P3. We can grasp and prove many necessary truths (maths)
- C1. Therefore the necessary truths that we grasp with out min do not derive from the senses
- C2. The mind is the source of these necessary truths
- C3. These ideas are known innately
- C2. The mind is the source of these necessary truths
- C1. Therefore the necessary truths that we grasp with out min do not derive from the senses
- P3. We can grasp and prove many necessary truths (maths)
- P2. a collection of instances can never show the necessity of truth
- MARBLE COMPARISON
- our minds are not born with fully fledged ideas (like a fully carved statue)
- we are born with 'incinations, dispositions, tendencies or natural potentialities' (veins in the marble)
- these enable the mind to realise certain truths and think in certain ways
- we are born with 'incinations, dispositions, tendencies or natural potentialities' (veins in the marble)
- our minds are not born with fully fledged ideas (like a fully carved statue)
- WHAT IDEAS ARE INNATE?
- truths of mathematics
- logical principles such as the law of non-contradiction
- the concept of identity
- concepts derived from our awareness of ourselves (unity, change, action, pleasure)
- with sufficient careful attention we can reveal these innate principles using reason
- P1. the senses only give us particular instances
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