William Whewell used this philosopher to illustrate his notion of consilience, in which several explanations "leap to the same point.” In the introduction to A Treatise of Human Nature, Hume frames his method as an attempt to become “[this philosopher] of the mind.” This philosopher claimed that qualities of bodies determined through experiment could apply to all bodies universally in his controversial third “rule of reasoning.” This philosopher was defended by Samuel (*) Clarke in a debate with Gottfried Leibniz over his idea of absolute (10[1])space. Émilie du Châtelet first stated the law of conservation of energy in her commentary on a book by this philosopher. This philosopher wrote ■END■