Essays on Leibniz

One of the most famous geniuses in the field of mathematics and philosophy in the history of mankind is a German named Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Leibniz is a German mathematician and philosopher who lived during the 17th century (Simmons 32). He revolutionized the historical development of the field of philosophy and mathematics through his major contributions. He is widely known as the developer of the integral and differential calculus and he developed it independently with Isaac Newton. He is also known for some of the mathematical equations such as the Leibniz notation, Transcendental Law of Homogeneity and Law of ...

Computing is one of the most popular fields of study today, and for good reason: computers have changed the way that humanity deals with each other and with problems. Nearly every facet of life today is affected by computing and number theory, but the events leading up to the computer-heavy world that exists today is checkered and fascinating. The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing by Martin Davis is a text that explores the history of number theory and computing, from the early days of number theory right up to the birth of modern programming. There is ...

Every philosopher in the ancient times was concerned with the study of human nature in relation to the environment. Three thinkers used different perspectives of argument in relating the work of God and sufficient reasoning why, how people came into existence and the varying actions they had towards objects. They are discussed as follows; Leibniz was the first German philosopher who existed early 17th -18th century, in his principle of sufficient reasoning he stated that, every action that was done by human had a purpose and a cause and that the existence depends on God’s free choice. He ...

The concept of self has been viewed differently throughout the periods of cultural development. People always were trying to focus or omit the concept of their self personality and relationship with their self-esteem. The concept of self representation has been quite researching by the literary critiques. Many of them have addressed the issue. Eurocentricity is a part of Renaissance and its development, at least in the literary world. Eurocentrism is the practice, cognizant or something else, of putting accentuation on European (and, for the most part, Western) concerns, culture and values to the detriment of those of different societies. ...

Calculus is a section in mathematics that can also be referred to as infinitesimal calculus that is mainly focused on integrals, infinite series functions and limits. Most of the ideas and notions in the history of calculus were invented by various mathematicians in the seventeenth century. These ideas were closely related hence summarized together to ensure that the current calculus is simple to integrate and calculate. However, much credit is attributed to Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz whose ideas although different but were essential in developing diverse functions in calculus (Stewart 112).

The innovation of calculus is usually related to ...