Where's the math?
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: > The self as lens: Leibniz's lens-like model of perception and reality. > > Although I cannot find a direct reference in Leibniz's writings, they > have not all been translated. Nevertheless Leibniz's model > of perception is seemingly based on the high technology of the 17th > century, > Huygen's microscope. The indirect reference to the perceiver > as based on the lens of a microscope, which can represent a > field of view at a single point, as a unity,, as a perceiver or self must > do > Leibniz's conceptioon of reality was similar to this : > > "Reality cannot be found except in One single source, because > of the interconnection of all things with one another. > I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity. > (*Gottfried Leibniz*, 1670) > > This single point in the perceiver and in reality itself > is reflected in Leibniz's monad (which represents the many in the one), > Plato's model of the One, the concepts of white and black holes > and the twistor in Penrose's physics.. > > Leibniz's monadology itself can be used to derive > the self as lens, since a person can be focused down > to be represented by a monad, which > cAn be understood as a point homunculus (the perceiver). > > It is also well known that Leibniz referred to the myriad > of microscopic organisms seen in a microscope as > vderying his view of the world as the many in the one > (the monad). > > > > Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] > See my Leibniz site at > http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
