A monadic metaphysics?

• Grant number: 12/19596-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: December 15, 2012
• End date: February 14, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - Metaphysics
• Principal Investigator: Pedro de Moraes Rego e Freitas Santos
• Grantee: Pedro de Moraes Rego e Freitas Santos
• Host Investigator: Brice Halimi
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (Paris 10), France

Abstract

The aim of this project is to develop and deepen the idea of a monadic metaphysics, i.e., an intensionalist metaphysics in which only individuals and properties (monadic attributes) are assume as basic. An initial approach of the idea can be found in my paper "Towards a monadic metaphysics". In what follows, I will sketch the main thesis contained in this paper and point out the direction in which I intend to further develop this research. (AU)