THE CONCEPT OF SUBSTANCE IN THE METAPHYSICS OF SPINOZA AND LEIBNIZ
Substance has been a concept of investigation in the history of philosophy until Antiquity. This concept suggesting something that lies beneath the things and that is the ground for all things, has been explained as certain types of being which provide basis for all phenomena. Apart from the vari...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sada Institute of Art and Language Studies
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Ulakbilge: Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ulakbilge.com/makale/pdf/1491576388.pdf |
| Summary: | Substance has been a concept of investigation in the history of philosophy until
Antiquity. This concept suggesting something that lies beneath the things and that is
the ground for all things, has been explained as certain types of being which provide
basis for all phenomena. Apart from the various arguments about the concept of
substance put forward by many philosophers in the history of philosophy, the
arguments proposed by Spinoza and Leibniz about the concept sit at the heart of their
metaphysics. On one hand, Spinoza argued that there is only one substance which is
God, while on the other hand, Leibniz asserted that substance is monad. The present
study aims to explore the concept of substance as discussed in the metaphysics of
Spinoza and Leibniz and the problems evoked by their conceptualisations. |
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| ISSN: | 2148-0451 2148-0451 |