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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 that critiques a rival chapter-by-chapter. (-5[1])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 parts, and he rejected the theory of mind-body interaction in favor of pre-established harmony. For 10 points, name this thinker who wrote the monadology (10[2])and argued that we live in the best of all possible worlds. (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BInnovation Academy C48-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech AInnovation Academy A10210
Manu SankaranLambertMilton10210
Towery McNeilMississippi StateJohns Creek11410
Arjun NairInnovation Academy CGeorgia Tech B1150

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