To close, let’s think one more time of the right-angle triangle “as” it appears to (i) A mentally challenged person who does not encounter triangles as a distinct class of shapes, vs (ii) A child just learning her shapes, vs (iii) A teenager in geometry class learning the Pythagorean theorem, vs (iv) A geometry professor … (Afterword) What is the Difference between God (Infinite Mind) and Person (Finite Mind) in German Philosophical Thought?

That our thinking proceeds from obscure to clear would be evidence for God for Leibniz, that beings are progressively more rational as our growing reason allows us to encounter them ever more clearly. We have hit on one of the most elegant, underlying moves in Leibniz’s entire metaphysics. For him, the very fact that our … (Conclusion) What is the Difference between God (Infinite Mind) and Person (Finite Mind) in German Philosophical Thought?

What does Leibniz say about the mind of God? In the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the mind of God is the ultimate, necessary repository of all possibilities, mathematical structures, and eternal truths. Leibniz views God not merely as a creator who acts by whim, but as the supreme, infinite intelligence whose intellect operates with … (2/2) What is the Difference between God (Infinite Mind) and Person (Finite Mind) in German Philosophical Thought?

What does Kant say about the infinite mind and how is it different from the finite mind? Kant contrasts the finite (human) mind with an infinite (divine or “original”) mind primarily in terms of the nature of their cognitive faculties—especially intuition and understanding—in the Critique of Pure Reason and related works such as the Critique … What is the Difference between God (Infinite Mind) and Person (Finite Mind) in German Philosophical Thought?