Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz - A German philosopher, logician, and mathematician, who did much to move the study of logic forward. He is the creator of calculus and its main operations (e.g., integration and differentiation). Programmers may find it notable that he also invented an early mechanical calculator.
1646 - 1716
1-July-1646 to 14-November-1716
Gottfried Leibniz believed that it was possible to reduce logic to an algebra, and that such an algebra could be used to resolve conflict. In this, one can see pre-echos of the work of
George Boole, and
Augustus De Morgan.
Regarding
consciousness, Leibniz envisaged the mind's inner workings as being something like the different pieces of machinery in a textile mill. However, he believed that even if it were possible to explore the insides of a human brain in detail, giving us an understanding of the different brain components, it would not take us any closer to understanding the human mind. This, he believed, was because of the deeply subjective nature of each human consciousness.
Gottfried Leibniz was an
autodidact. That is, he was self taught.
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