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    Divine mathematics: Leibniz's combinatorial theory of compossibility
    Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 106 (C): 60-69. 2024.
    Leibniz's famous proposition that God has created the best of all possible worlds holds a significant place in his philosophical system. However, the precise manner in which God determines which world is the best remains somewhat ambiguous. Leibniz suggests that a form of "Divine mathematics" is employed to construct and evaluate possible worlds. In this paper, I uncover the underlying mechanics of Divine mathematics by formally reconstructing it. I argue that Divine mathematics is a one-player …Read more
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    Leibniz on the Puzzle of Compossibility
    Cheolhak-Korean Journal of Philosophy 150 135-159. 2022.
    공가능성(compossibility) 개념은 라이프니츠 연구자들 사이에서 가장 활발하게 연구되고 있는 분야 중 하나이다. 이 논문에서 나는 우선 공가능성에 대한 영향력 있는 네 가지 해석들을 살펴보고 각 해석의 장단점을 지적한다. 더불어 나는 그동안 연구자들 사이에서 간과되었던 한 가지 문제를 지적한다. 공가능성에 대한 영향력 있는 해석들은 모두 명시적 혹은 암묵적으로 공가능성을 이행적(transitive)인 관계로 파악하고 있다. 그러나 나는 이 논문에서 라이프니츠가 공가능성을 비이행적인 관계로 이해하고 있음을 보임으로써, 공가능성에 대한 기존의 해석들에 대한 새로운 문제를 제기한다.
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    Leibniz on Spinoza’s Priority by Nature
    Res Philosophica 101 (1): 1-21. 2024.
    In this article, I examine Leibniz’s criticism of Spinoza’s notion of priority by nature based on the first proposition in Spinoza’s Ethics. Leibniz provides two counterexamples: first, the number 10’s being 6+3+1 is prior by nature to its being 6+4; second, a triangle’s property that two internal angles are equal to the exterior angle of the third is prior by nature to its property that the three internal angles equal two right angles. Leibniz argues that Spinoza’s notion cannot capture these p…Read more
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    On the Individuation of Pictorial Systems in Neo-Naturalism
    Cheolhak-Korean Journal of Philosophy 148 139-158. 2021.
    How are pictures to be individuated from other kinds of representations, such as linguistic representations? The traditional view is that a picture represents what it represents because it resembles it. Thus, the so-called “resemblance” theory has been the dominant view in understanding pictorial representation. More recently, however, the basis of this view has been brought into question; several philosophers have tried to provide the right theory of pictorial (or iconic) representations. Flint…Read more