From Relational Reality to the Digital Cosmos: The Unity of Leibniz's World Model and Its Modern Echoes
Abstract
This paper aims to construct a coherent and modernly significant discourse on the world model by integrating core concepts from Leibniz's philosophy. It takes Leibniz's relational realism as the metaphysical starting point, explores how it logically leads to a vision of spatiotemporal diversity, and argues that this trajectory reaches its most radical contemporary expression in computationalism and the mathematical universe hypothesis. The paper proposes that the principle of the world as relational structure can coherently explain key issues from ontology to scientific epistemology, including the nature of spacetime, the contingency of physical laws, and the conditions and limits of intelligibility. Rather than providing a comprehensive restatement of Leibniz's thought, it focuses on mutually supportive threads that resonate strongly with modern scientific-philosophical debates, demonstrating the internal unity and enduring vitality of this theoretical model.
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Journal: Natura Humanitas, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2026), Pages 1-9
ISSN: 3106-731X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18802042