MONAD
Charles François (2004). MONAD, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2187.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2187 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics, Methodology or model |
An entity made of only one element .
This abstract term was created by LEIBNIZ ( 1646-1716) to characterize an indivisible unit of some substance conjectured to be the fundamental element of physical reality .
LEIBNIZ admitted however that monads could not exist without relations which each other.
The leibnizian concept seems to annonce the notions of “whole ” and “system ”.
See also
for comparison: Entitation, System (Isolated)