New experiments about human understanding. Leibniz G.V.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)-a German scientist, a universally recognized genius. The breadth of his interests is striking - from mathematics and physics to linguistics and psychology. His contribution to science is invaluable. The ideas expressed by him often opened up new directions, the development of which became the work of the next generations of researchers.

Composition “New Experiments of Human Reason” (1704) is a response to the work of the English scientist John Locke “Experience of Human Reason”. Giveting the tribute to the predecessor, Leibniz leads a discussion in the form of a dialogue with him: Locke is the position of Locke (loving truth), and Leibniz sets out the views of Theophile (loving God). This fictional dispute at this time is a real pleasure for the reader-intellectual!