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| G.W. Leibniz - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| G.W. Leibniz (1646-1716), German philosopher, mathematician, scientist, jurist, diplomat, librarian, and polymath. His major works include Dissertatio de arte combinatoria (1666), Discours de métaphysique (1686), and Monadologie (1714). He mainly worked on philosophy, mathematics, science, and law.
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| Certainty: In philosophy this is about whether we can know that we know something. The term was coined by L. Wittgenstein in the discussion of G. E. Moore. See also Moore's Hands, Skepticism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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| Cavell, Stanley | Certainty | Cavell | |
| Duhem, Pierre | Certainty | Duhem | |
| Leibniz, G.W. | Certainty | Leibniz | |
| Nietzsche, Friedrich | Certainty | Nietzsche | |
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