creators_name: Dobra, Alexandra
creators_id: ad574@york.ac.uk
editors_name: Pavlík , J. Pavlík 
editors_name: Vacura, M. Vacura
editors_id: pavlik@vse.cz 
editors_id: vacuram@vse.cz 
type: journale
datestamp: 2009-10-15 22:51:48
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:29
metadata_visibility: show
title: Is the Human Distinguishable from the Animal by being a Rational Animal? 
In Principles of Nature and Grace by G. W. Leibniz
ispublished: pub
subjects: phil-mind
subjects: JOURNALS
subjects: peer-review
full_text_status: public
keywords: Leibniz; Rational Animal; Rationality; Human; Animal; Connectedness; Necessary or Eternal Truths; Mind; Reason; A Priori Logic.
abstract: The present paper aims to proceed to a succinct analysis of Leibniz’s Principles of Nature and Grace (section 5), by exploiting the cardinal arguments acquainted in it – namely, is he human distinguishable from the animal thanks to his capacity of being endowed with rationality? Henceforth, for answering this question, the herewith paper obeys to a linear analysis and presents a corpus structured in three main parts. The first two parts aims to highlight the text, through furnishing explanations on the main concepts and concerns, while the third part of the corpus offers at prima facie a criticism towards the Leibnizian principle – according to which humans are rational – in order to finally strengthen this latter principle, by emphazing that there are no solid disparagements (confutatio) towards it.
date: 2009-10-05
date_type: published
publication: E-Logos Electronic Journal for Philosophy
volume: 15
number: ISSN 1
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Dobra, Alexandra  (2009) Is the Human Distinguishable from the Animal by being a Rational Animal? In Principles of Nature and Grace by G. W. Leibniz.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6648/1/dobra09.pdf