Leibniz's Principle of Sufficient Reason Explained

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This is an analysis of Leibniz's Principle of Sufficient Reason and how it is connected to his's Theory of Truth.

[bmh]

This guy is great!! This channel would be huge if enough people actually cared about stuff like this lol

[tylorvince]

This is the best video or text that I've found to link Leibniz's Theory of Truth to the Principle of Sufficient.

[LuminaLokai]

I don’t think Leibniz’s argument here for one vs many is necessarily true. If we consider each monad as an equivalent instantiation of Being, their distinctions and differences do not necessarily have to be apparent in the world as separate kinds of substances or anything like that, as they are of the same kind of substance. Their uniqueness can be expressed through their necessary autonomy, through their particular agency. This is apparent in the world as the actions we take as humans for example.

In his private correspondences, he held many opinions contrary or more advanced than his published works. The Pythagorean Illuminati via Ontological Mathematics have grounded this view of many monads as necessary Beings in the PSR and its mathematical expression.

[lastfreegeneration]

ur weird but i like it...and that gave me sufficient reason to subscribe

[twitterpooryoga]

Hey, I randomly discovered this when trying to understand that "could've" and excuses in general don't make any sense. It seems that anytime people make an excuse or say something could've happened they tend to not understand there are more than one single reason for any outcome. It's incredibly comforting to see you emphasize that Leibniz knew most reasons are known to us. I think the closest we can get to understanding the 'why' behind something is by action taking. I'm aware it's a sort of chicken or the egg thing trying to logically deduce the reasoning behind everything since the start of the universe but it's comforting to know how deeply somebody else has pondered this already. Thanks for the video.

[KerrySoileau]

What causes the Principle of Sufficient Reason to be true? If there is no such cause, doesn't this invalidate the Principle of Sufficient Reason?

[mafelfanai]

I admit, that was a better explanation than I expected.

[kent-runesjoholm]

Very interesting topic and a nice presentation.

[Noah-qhit]

Or it could be proof of a monism? Interestingly, the PSR is also self-grounding, by refuting the PSR you are presenting a reason, or using the PSR to attempt to refute the PSR. Loved the video!

[kaleemazad]

Hi. I would like to know why or how the PSR (principle sufficient Reason ) is true. Why do ALL contingent existence need and explanation. This is the only part of the argument I Don't understand.

[uradorable]

does anyone know any resources on this more aimed at a level students? i’m struggling to understand as most of them are aimed at people to understand the advanced terminology

[AlphaGeminorum]

Weird how science doesn't use this principle when discussing quantum physics.

[tehnik]

Interestingly, Leibniz does not consider extrinsic properties (space and time) to be difference making qualities, precisely because they would violate the PSR.

So yes, the two intrinsically identical molecules would be differentiated by their position. But this means there is no good reason for God to keep some arrangement A rather than an arrangement B where they are swapped. We can differentiate the molecules, but not the two possible worlds.
So if God were to make a world where atoms exist, he would have to pick one of those (A or B) for no good reason. Which, of course, violates his supreme wisdom.