A Confluence Between Iqbal and Leibniz : Self and Monad (Hardcover)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Monads and Self
1.1 Leibniz’s Theory of Monads
1.1.1 The Logic of Simple Substance
1.1.2 The Privileged Status of Monads
1.1.3 Monadic activity
1.1.4 Mirrors of God
1.2 Iqbal and His Conception of Self
1.2.1 The Fundamental Question for Iqbal
1.2.2 The Conception of Reality
1.3 A comparative analysis
1.4 Conclusion

Chapter 2: God
2.1 Leibniz’s Conception of God
2.1.1 Monads and the Necessary Being
2.1.2 Leibniz on the idea of a Perfect Being
2.1.3 Arguments for the Existence of God
2.2 Iqbal’s conception of God
2.2.1 Iqbal and the Scholastic Arguments for the Existence of God
2.2.2 Making a case for the existence of God through Experience
2.3 Parallels between Leibniz and Iqbal

Chapter 3: The Problem of Evil
3.1 Leibniz on the Problem of Evil
3.1.1 The best of all possible worlds
3.1.2 Leibniz on physical evil
3.1.3 Leibniz on moral evil
3.2 Iqbal on the Problem of Evil
3.2.1 Metaphysical evil as a consequence of creation
3.2.2 Iqbal on moral evil
3.2.3 Iqbal on physical evil
3.3 Comparisons between Leibniz and Iqbal
3.3.1 Similarities
3.3.2 Differences

Chapter 4: Philosophy of Physics of Leibniz and Iqbal
4.1 Leibniz
4.1.1 Leibniz on Bodies
4.1.2 Leibniz on Cartesian Extension and Newtonian Atomism
4.1.3 Metaphysics of Immaterial Substances and Physical Bodies
4.1.4 Phenomenalism
4.1.5 Bodies as Aggregate of Monads
4.1.6 Leibniz’s Preferred Position: Bodies as Well Founded Phenomena
4.1.7 Space and Time: Newton vs Leibniz
4.1.8 A summary of Leibniz’s conception of Space and Time
4.2 Iqbal on Time, Space and Matter
4.2.1 Critical assessment of Absolute Space, Absolute Time and Matter
4.2.2 Space, Time, Matter and the Metaphysics of Self
4.2.3 God’s Creativity: Self and the world of extended Bodies
4.2.4 Serial time and Duration
4.2.5 The upshot of the discussion on Iqbal
4.3 Comparison between Leibniz and Iqbal
4.3.1 Matter/Bodies
4.3.2 Space
4.3.3 Time
4.4 Appendix: Some Clarifications

Chapter 5: Iqbal on Leibniz
5.2 Pre-established harmony
5.3 Iqbal on the Windowlessness of Monads

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Bibliography
Supplementary Reference

INDEX