The relevance of Leibniz's Letter to Casati

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  • Arthur Leandro da Silva Marinho Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, UNICAP

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https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.2019.49455

Abstract

n this article I discuss the problematic of the letter of 1689, from Leibniz to Ludovico Casati. This letter from Leibniz's intermediate phase, Leibniz argues the possibility that extrinsic properties as well as intrinsic properties can not distinguish completely similar things. For Leibniz the existence of indiscernible things is absurd, since the infinite intellect accompanies the multiplicity of all created things. Therefore, all things must be varied and distinct, even when it is not possible to distinguish things by their intrinsic and extrinsic properties. In this way, I analyze the letter with the intuition of understanding Leibniz's argument to Casati, as well as delimiting the Principle of the identity of the indiscernibles, as a principle of distinction. In arguing to Casati that the best possible world is guided by a reason that establishes that things are different. At the end, I provide a translation in Portuguese of this letter.

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Author Biography

Arthur Leandro da Silva Marinho, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, UNICAP

Graduado em Filosofia pela Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, UNICAP (2012). Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE (2016), com período sanduíche na "Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)" pelo Programa Capes PPCP-Mercosul. Possui interesse na área de Epistemologia, Lógica e Metafísica Moderna Alemã. Especificamente, mantém interesse na Filosofia leibniziana e seus pressupostos na Filosofia da Ciência.

Revista Aufklärung. Leibniz: no coração da metafísica. v. 4, n. esp. (2019), Novembro

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2019-12-01

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Arthur Leandro da Silva Marinho. (2019). The relevance of Leibniz’s Letter to Casati. Aufklärung, 6(esp.), p.27–36. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.2019.49455

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Vol. 6 No. esp. (2019): Revista Aufklärung. Leibniz: no coração da metafísica. v. 4, n. esp. (2019), Novembro

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