Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

Mentioned in 7 videos

Born

June 20, 1646, Leipzig

Nationality

Electorate of Saxony

Affiliation

Leipzig University

Field

mathematical analysis, Christian apologetics

Education

University of Altdorf, Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society

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Videos Mentioning Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion - How Evolution Hid the Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #293

Lex Fridman

A philosopher who, in his 'Monadology', understood the 'hard problem' of consciousness and suggested irreducible mental substances (monads) that are not in SpaceTime, anticipating some of Hoffman's ideas.

Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101

Lex Fridman

A classical philosopher whose ideas are associated with mathematical constructivism.

Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science | Lex Fridman Podcast #214

Lex Fridman

A German polymath who independently developed a form of calculus, which is the notation used today, leading to a long-standing controversy with Newton.

Stephen Wolfram: Computational Universe | MIT 6.S099: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Lex Fridman

Philosopher and mathematician who, 300 years ago, pursued a similar goal to Wolfram: formalizing everyday discourse and legal questions into logic for automatic execution.

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Peterson Academy

An Enlightenment philosopher whose arguments for a necessarily existing being (God) to avoid infinite regression are compared to the reasoning of ancient philosophers like Anaximander.

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Philosopher who proposed starting physics with observers (monads) and pre-established harmony, anticipating the 'hard problem of consciousness'.

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Tom Bilyeu

Independently developed calculus around the same time as Newton, demonstrating that mathematical structures can be discovered rather than invented.