Monadologism, Inter-subjectivity and the Quest for Social Order

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dc.contributor.authorFashola, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-14T09:01:26Z
dc.date.available2022-04-14T09:01:26Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz presents the idea of monads, as non-communicative, self-actuating system of beings that are windowless, closed, eternal, deterministic and individualistic. For him, the whole universe and its constituents are monads and that includes humans. In fact, any ‘body’, such as the ‘body’ of an animal or man has, according to Leibniz, one dominant monad which controls the others within it. This dominant monad, he often refers to as the soul. If Leibniz’s conception of monads is accepted, it merely establishes human ubjectivity, idiosyncrasies, biases, prejudices and individual points of view as the norm. How then do we ensure inter-subjectivity and the kind of social interaction requisite for the achievement of social order, since Leibniz’s system forecloses the possibility of interaction and communication among monads? In this essay, we argue that just as Leibniz’s monads synchronize only through the Supreme Monad (Monas Monadum), humans as social monads should also interact through a matrix of ideals like truth, honesty, sincerity, integrity, altruism, impartiality, compassion and trust. Since social order is actualised only within the context of linked social structures, relations and values, these utopian ideals would form the fulcrum through which humans relate and the very foundation that would anchor a viable social order. Our aim here is to establish a relationship between Leibniz’s metaphysics and the physical domains of life by showing that metaphysical constructs can impinge on human social relations and wellbeing. The study employed the qualitative method of research through critical analysis of texts, library and archival materials.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2 7 0 5 - 2 1 5 X
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2298
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Philosophy, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 3;No. 1
dc.subjectLeibniz’s monadsen_US
dc.subjectInter-subjectivityen_US
dc.subjectRelational principlesen_US
dc.subjectSocial orderen_US
dc.titleMonadologism, Inter-subjectivity and the Quest for Social Orderen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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