Question

This thinker defined perception as a representation of “expression” or “the many in the one” in a letter to Des Bosses, (15[1])a translator of his work. This thinker gave one of the earliest explorations of unconscious perception in a dialogue between Theophilus (-5[1])and (-5[1])Philalethes (15[1]0[1]-5[4])that (-5[1])critiques a (-5[1])rival chapter-by-chapter. (-5[1])David Chalmers claims that (15[1])the inspiration (-5[1])for his philosophical zombie thought experiment rests in this thinker’s mill argument. (15[3])This thinker (15[2])argued (15[3])that all things are composed of (*) simple perceiving (-5[1])extensionless (-5[1])parts, (10[1])and he rejected (10[1])the theory of mind-body interaction in favor (10[1])of pre-established harmony. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this thinker (10[1]-5[1])who wrote the monadology (10[9])and (10[1])argued that we live in the best (10[1])of all (10[1])possible (10[2])worlds. (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[4])

ANSWER: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Des Bosses translated Leibniz’s Théodicée into Latin. The second clue refers to New Essays on Human Understanding, which critiques Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding.)
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