This blog is on a podcast that seems to be shown late at nights over in the US. The podcast is called “The partially examined life”. It is quite an interesting show and is centred on philosophical topics. So far I believe it has 35 episodes, however the podcast is still going strong, so expect more. The show is hosted by Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan and Seth Paskin.
This particular episode I have been listening to was episode 6, which is on Leibnitz monadology. Not an easy episode to begin with and for sure you will have to listen to that episode for a few times, perhaps numerous times.
Although the show is an hour long, the talks are fairly relaxed and the hosts really seem to know their subject intently. Sometimes they do have guest lecturers helping to describe subjects and they also have a blog of their own.
Gottfried Leibnitz monadology has always been quite interesting to me. This is quite what you call a metaphysical subject. Here the hosts discuss with each other Leibnitz theory. I believe they discuss other theories of Leibnitz, but the monadology is the main discussion point here.
The monadology in a nutshell looks at what is the smallest simplest particle that could ever be perceived. If such a particle can never be divided any more then what we have something that could be known as a substance that makes up the universe. We then relate the substance to the idea of god.
This episode covers what Leibnitz thought what exactly a monad is. How the monad came into being, the monads relation to god and how our perception can help determine monads.
I am sure I have missed loads of stuff here on the podcast, but hey! Here is a link to the this podcast, have a listen yourself. It’s free!
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