The conditions of feasibility of universal characteristics

In the paper I investigate leibniz's project of universal characteristic, as if thisproject was not only conceived, but also executed. I proceed from the assumption that the mainfeatures of this project are: 1. a special attention to the virtual being and daily treatment with it and 2.definition of knowledge as a distributed project, conducted by different people and/or groupsindependently. The presence of both signs today is obvious. If we trace the conditions that Leibnizhimself - either implicitly or explicitly - takes as necessary to carry out its project, it will allow us toobserve, what is our involvement in that spheres, in which things tend to be described in the languageof ones and zeros. This conditions are:1)The fulfillment of primary account, that is rationalinterpretation of the concept of the creation. 2) Distinction between moral and metaphysical certainty.To demonstrate the essence of the second condition, the article dealt with Leibniz's objection toDescartes, who asserted that God is a deceiver, if we are deceived, even when we have clear anddistinct ideas. Leibniz admits that we do not perceive reality, and our knowledge is nothing more thana useful fiction, not, however, without glimpses of reality. In this regard we consider Leibniz'sphenomenology of knowledge. As soon as we assume the second condition, we must accept the first.This distinction between certainties is not given to us entirely, because we can not point out to themetaphysical certainty, we deal with it only in the statements of identity, which is problematical. Butthat distinction possible due to the fact that God have performed the initial account, whichaccompanies the creation of the world: the account of preferences in the selection of an optimaluniverse.

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