Question

This thinker was influenced by Anne Conway’s “spirit particles” to write a book that (-5[1])calls perception mechanically inexplicable, and compares a thinking machine to the inside of a mill. (10[1])This thinker’s law states that two objects (10[1])that share all (10[1])their properties cannot be distinct; that law is also called the identity of indiscernibles. (-5[1])This thinker described “windowless” particles in the (10[1])book Monadology (10[1])(“moh-NAH-daw-logy”). Voltaire (10[1])satirized (10[1])this thinker (10[1])as the (10[1])optimistic Dr. (10[1])Pangloss in Candide (“can-DEED”) due to his (10[2])claim (10[1])that “we live in the best of all possible (-5[1])worlds.” (-5[1])For 10 points, the use of dx (“dee-ex”) in derivative notation was developed by what German (10[1])thinker, (10[1])who discovered calculus independently of Newton? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Gottfried Leibniz (“LYB-nits”) [accept Leibniz’s Law]
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2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%28.00
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Malachi LedfordTusculumAppalachian State A13-5
Matthew WangUBC BUBC A2810
Sam AlahiIllinois AIowa A3510
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan A (UG) Michigan State A 3810
Orion KellerVirginia Tech ALiberty A52-5
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DAuburn A5910
Ezra SantosChicago APurdue B6110
David NickelPurdue CWashU B6210
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern AIllinois D6310
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame APurdue A6510
Joseph ColeUNC BAppalachian State A6710
Max KoldaNotre Dame CNotre Dame B6910
Josh SchmidtLiberty AVirginia Tech A7510
Emmett ChoChicago BSIUE7510
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Ohio State B (DII) 7610
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaWashU A85-5
David ZhangIllinois BNorthwestern B86-5
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BIllinois B10110
Steven SongIllinois CIowa B10210
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State ATusculum10810
Sebastian PujetWashU AIndiana10910