General philosophy

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Tripartite soul

Philosophy; General philosophy

Late philosopher Plato's theory that our souls are made of three parts:ood & wisdom 2. Spirited - Refers to anger and defending honor, revenge, and pride; controls our desire for securing honour 3. ...

Foundationalism

Philosophy; General philosophy

Characteristic of the philosopher Descartes, this refers to never accepting anything to be true that one does not know is true for absolute certain. This is often tied to Descartes' famous notion "I ...

Solipsism

Philosophy; General philosophy

The belief that there is nothing else but one's own mind. Descartes is often associated with this notion.

Appetition

Philosophy; General philosophy

For Leibniz, appetition is spontaneous "motion" or unfurling; mirroring or representation. Or, as each monad changes multi-qualitative states it does so in a manner so as to maintain synchronicity ...

Regulative role of reason

Philosophy; General philosophy

This requires us to think of ourselves as autonomous self-regulating (ie: possessing free will) and unlimited persons, in reference to answering the four major metaphysical questions (What is ...

Identity of indiscernables

Philosophy; General philosophy

Leibniz came up with this postulate that if there is no discernable qualitative difference between two things, then they are identical. This is an important postulate for his discussion of monads.

Apperception

Philosophy; General philosophy

Simply, it is self-conscious reflection. It is the awareness we mirror through perception, and is recursive. This is part of Leibniz's argument for pre-established harmony.