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

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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Gabriel MargoliesBoston College BMIT43-5
Aalok BhattacharyaBoston College AYale78-5
Nitin RaoHarvardBowdoin A9810
Yrwin BatanMITBoston College B10210
William OrrYaleBoston College A11410
Richard LinAmherstBrandeis A11510
Kayla DrajpuchBrandeis BTufts A11510
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