In Leibnizian philosophy, an organism is a hierarchically ordered set of monads, whereas a mere aggregate, such as a heap of sand, lacks a dominant monad to represent a unified point of view.

Authors

• Person: William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition)

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• Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• monad concept
• organism concept