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• preestablished — prɪːɪ stæblɪʃt adj. predetermined, set in advance, preordained prɪːɪ stæblɪʃ v. determine in advance, set beforehand, ordain in advance; set up ahead of time, build beforehand …   English contemporary dictionary

• preestablished harmony — (in the philosophy of Leibnitz) synchronous operation of all monads, since their simultaneous creation, in accordance with the preexisting plan of God. [1720 30] * * * …   Universalium

• preestablished harmony — noun Etymology: from past participle of preestablish : a harmony declared by the philosopher Leibniz to be established eternally in advance between all monads but especially between mind and matter * * * (in the philosophy of Leibnitz)… …   Useful english dictionary

• Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… …   History of philosophy

• Cartesianism — See Cartesian. * * * Philosophical tradition derived from the philosophy of René Descartes. A form of rationalism, Cartesianism upholds a metaphysical dualism of two finite substances, mind and matter. The essence of mind is thinking; the essence …   Universalium

• interactionism — interactionist, n., adj. /in teuhr ak sheuh niz euhm/, n. Philos. a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other. [1900 05; INTERACTION + ISM] * * * I In philosophy of mind, a species of mind body dualism that holds that mind and… …   Universalium

• occasionalism — occasionalist, n. occasionalistic, adj. /euh kay zheuh nl iz euhm/, n. Philos. a theory that there is no natural interaction between mind and matter, but that God makes mental events correspond to physical perceptions and actions. [1835 45;… …   Universalium

• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm — ▪ German philosopher and mathematician Introduction born July 1 [June 21, old style], 1646, Leipzig died November 14, 1716, Hannover, Hanover  German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, important both as a metaphysician and as a… …   Universalium

• enter — verb (entered; entering) Etymology: Middle English entren, from Anglo French entrer, from Latin intrare, from intra within; akin to Latin inter between more at inter Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to go or come in 2. to come or gain… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mission — I. noun Etymology: New Latin, Medieval Latin, & Latin; New Latin mission , missio religious mission, from Medieval Latin, task assigned, from Latin, act of sending, from mittere to send Date: 1530 1. obsolete the act or an instance of sending 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Confucianism — The Dacheng Hall, the main hall of the Temple of Confucius in Qufu …   Wikipedia