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Connelly, Stephen (2021) Locke, Leibniz and the state space. The City: An Object or a Subject of Law?, 1 (1). pp. 1-18. doi:10.26443/glsars.v1i1.154 ISSN 2564-3843.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.26443/glsars.v1i1.154
Abstract
The article explores the relationship between Locke and Leibniz's account of space and how this impacts on their understanding of possibility, and particularly practical choices between possibilities within a modal space. Using Borges' short story 'Pierre Menard, author of the Quixote' it argues that Locke's acquiescence to absolute space severely restricts his account of the power to do things. Leibniz's retention of relative space permits a much richer account of possible, yet he binds these worlds together under a universal set of principles which are morally true in every possible world. He calls these morally impossible (prohibited), echoing the Scholastic language of repugnance. 'Menard' is employed to critique this resort to universality, before an alternative possible truth structure is sketched as a response to the 'self-evident' truths defended by Leibniz.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) K Law [LC] > K Law (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Space , International law -- Philosophy, Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Influence, Law -- Philosophy, Locke, John, 1632-1704 -- Influence, Modality (Logic) | ||||||
| Series Name: | McGill GLSA Research Series | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The City: An Object or a Subject of Law? | ||||||
| Publisher: | McGill University | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2564-3843 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 21 November 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 1 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-18 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.26443/glsars.v1i1.154 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 November 2021 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 November 2021 | ||||||
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