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Monads & Material Systems

Andy Cavallo

In Leibniz’s metaphysics, monads are simple, immaterial, indivisible qualitative multiplicities enfolded in spatial unities—centers of perception, appetite, and an inner dynamism. Each monad is a living mirror that reflects the...

Monads & Material Systems

Andy Cavallo

In Leibniz’s metaphysics, monads are simple, immaterial, indivisible qualitative multiplicities enfolded in spatial unities—centers of perception, appetite, and an inner dynamism. Each monad is a living mirror that reflects the...

Monadology | The Principle of Sufficient Reason

Andy Cavallo

This short article presents an argument, taken from Gödel’s God Theorem, for the Principle of Sufficient Reason. Principle of Sufficient Reason. Nothing obtains without a sufficient reason. Equivalently: given any true...

Monadology | The Principle of Sufficient Reason

Andy Cavallo

This short article presents an argument, taken from Gödel’s God Theorem, for the Principle of Sufficient Reason. Principle of Sufficient Reason. Nothing obtains without a sufficient reason. Equivalently: given any true...

The Prisoner’s Dilemma and the False Prudence o...

Andy Cavallo

The prisoner’s dilemma was first devised in the 1950s by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher at the RAND Corporation, and later popularized through Albert W. Tucker’s classroom presentation, where he...

The Prisoner’s Dilemma and the False Prudence o...

Andy Cavallo

The prisoner’s dilemma was first devised in the 1950s by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher at the RAND Corporation, and later popularized through Albert W. Tucker’s classroom presentation, where he...

Monadology | Monad Basics

Andy Cavallo

Table of Contents Introduction What Are Monads? Properties of Monads Creation and Destruction Causal Independence Identity of Monads References Subscribe Monadology and the Gödel–Scott System This article is based on...

Monadology | Monad Basics

Andy Cavallo

Table of Contents Introduction What Are Monads? Properties of Monads Creation and Destruction Causal Independence Identity of Monads References Subscribe Monadology and the Gödel–Scott System This article is based on...

Convergence & Determinism

Andy Cavallo

“There are two labyrinths of the human mind: one concerns the composition of the continuum, and the other the nature of freedom. And they arise from the same source, infinity.”—...

Convergence & Determinism

Andy Cavallo

“There are two labyrinths of the human mind: one concerns the composition of the continuum, and the other the nature of freedom. And they arise from the same source, infinity.”—...