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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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Possibility, philosophy: something is possible if it cannot be excluded. This has to be distinguished from the concept of contingency that expresses that something could have been different._____________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. | |||
Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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Adams, Robert | Possibility | Adams | |
Adorno, Th.W. | Possibility | Adorno | |
Aristotle | Possibility | Aristotle | |
Dennett, Daniel | Possibility | Dennett | |
Field, Hartry | Possibility | Field | |
Frege, Gottlob | Possibility | Frege | |
Genz, Hennig | Possibility | Genz | |
Heidegger, Martin | Possibility | Heidegger | |
Hintikka, Jaakko | Possibility | Hintikka | |
Kant, Immanuel | Possibility | Kant | |
Kauffman, Stuart | Possibility | Kauffman | |
Leibniz, G.W. | Possibility | Leibniz | |
Lewis, David K. | Possibility | Lewis | |
Meixner, Uwe | Possibility | Meixner | |
Peacocke, Christopher | Possibility | Peacocke | |
Prior, Arthur N. | Possibility | Prior | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Possibility | Quine | |
Stalnaker, Robert | Possibility | Stalnaker | |
Tarski, Alfred | Possibility | Tarski | |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Possibility | Wittgenstein | |
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