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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; 1 July 1646 – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic and statistics. Leibniz has been called the "last…

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Education
Alte Nikolaischule, Leipzig · Leipzig University (BA, 1662; MA, 1664; LLB, 1665; Dr. phil. hab., 1666) · University of Jena (1663; no degree) · University of Altdorf (Dr. jur., 1666)
Born
1 July 1646 Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
Died
14 November 1716(1716-11-14) (aged 70) Hanover, Electorate of Hanover
Doctoral advisor
B. L. von Schwendendörffer [de] (Dr. jur. advisor)
Era
17th-/18th-century philosophy
Father
Friedrich Leibniz

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related to External links · 81
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Acta, All Possible Worlds, Archived, Arnauld, August, Bayle, BibNum Archived, Bradley, Burnham, Carlin, Causation, Century Logic, Clarke, Creativity, De, Donald Rutherford, Douglas, Dowden, Duncan, Edmund
Notable ideas · 48
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → A priori/a posteriori distinction, Algebra of concepts, Algebraic logic, Analysis situs, Apperception, Ars combinatoria (alphabet of human thought), Best of all possible worlds, Binary code, Calculus, Calculus ratiocinator, Chain rule, Characteristica universalis, Compossibility, Deontic logic, Differential equations, Fractional derivative, Identity of indiscernibles, Integral symbol, Law of continuity, Leibniz formula for determinants
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → biology, diplomacy, economics, embryology, engineering, epidemiology, ethics, geology, history, librarianship, linguistics, logic, Mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, music theory, paleontology, philology, physics, poetry
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School · 8
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Conceptualism, Correspondence theory of truth, Foundationalism, Indirect realism, Optimism, Pluralistic idealism, Rationalism, Relationalism
see also · 8
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → AssociationLeibniz, BossesJoachim BouvetOutline, General Leibniz, German, Gottfried LeibnizMathesis, Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm, Leibniz, RevolutionLeibniz University HannoverBartholomew Des
Education · 4
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Alte Nikolaischule, Leipzig, Leipzig University (BA, 1662; MA, 1664; LLB, 1665; Dr. phil. hab., 1666), University of Altdorf (Dr. jur., 1666), University of Jena (1663; no degree)
Other advisors · 4
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Christiaan Huygens, Erhard Weigel (Jena), J. A. Schertzer [de], Jakob Thomasius (B.A. advisor)
Notable students · 2
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Christian Wolff (epistolary correspondent), Jacob Bernoulli (epistolary correspondent)
Theses · 2
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Inaugural Disputation on Ambiguous Legal Cases (November 1666), On the Combinatorial Art (March 1666)

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