Mechanical Object Section 1 #41
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In this file I continue my analysis of Mechanism. In the previous file I focused on the very first paragraph of Mechanism and elaborated on the nature of the mechanical object. In this file, I continue by examining the 1st section of the mechanical object.
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I give an analysis of Section 1 of the mechanical object.
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| >“The Leibnizian *monad* would be more of an object since it is a total representation of the world, but confined within its *intensive subjectivity* it is supposed at least to be essentially *one* within itself. Nevertheless, the monad determined as an *exclusive one* is only a principle *that reflection assumes*. Yet the monad is an object, partly in that the ground of its manifold representations-of the developed, that is, the *posited* determinations of its merely *implicit* totality-lies *outside it*, and partly also in that it is indifferent to the monad that it constitutes an object *along with others*; it is thus in fact not *exclusive* or *determined for itself*” (712). | ||
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| **Here, I invite a scholar with knowledge of Leibniz and his monads to expound on the above paragraph.** |
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Do you want to explicitly leave this like that? I think putting a generic "this section is a stub, you can help us improving it by contributing to it" kind of thing, like wikipedia does. What do you think?
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I think it depends on the tone of the article and, perhaps, the website overall. What I wrote was meant to create a tone of community and also to add an individual touch by specifying what I think needs to be added here. What you're suggesting is more down-the-line and impersonal.
I like what I've done, but if you think it opens the door to too much interpretation, happy to alter it.
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The issue is that it appears like a part of the article itself, which it shouldn't be. Moreover, putting it in bold is too striking. I agree that we could do something more personal, so we can use this component (see image below) as a template and then whoever can just add their own bit of text.
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FYI. Currently, opening a PR won't trigger a new version of the website; you have to set a PR from draft to open to trigger a new version in being built. I don't want to have the website automatically build on any new PRs, but switching from draft to open isn't the best solution either - so something to figure out at another time. |
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Moreover, if you're planning on making multiple files about the mechanical object (looks that way), then you should make a folder |
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Thanks a lot for the above. I'll wait for your responses to some of the above and I'll make the edits. |
Added stub to bottom of page and added link that should take user to the contributing page - did I do it right?
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