in thread "Leibnizian Supercoordination": Anon, you're leaning heavily on proper names: Leibniz, Aristotle, Thomas, Christian, Strauss.... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.6 5.6 Anon, you're leaning (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.6 5.6 I was actually looking for something like "he discovered the equations for electromagnetism." 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.8 4.8 0.7 0.7 I was actually looki (view hidden) log in to judge received 4.8 4.8 0.7 0.7 No, that's not correct, because differential calculus was widely received within mathematics, from Newton as well as Leibniz, and our understanding of it in no way depends on alleged geometric proofs within an esoteric system. It's precisely the latter tha... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 6.0 6.0 0.7 0.7 No, that's not corre (view hidden) log in to judge received 6.0 6.0 0.7 0.7 There is nothing easier than to claim to have, or to have discovered, an esoteric system of great power, whose secrets you too can learn if only you spend time reading my material.... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.4 5.4 0.7 0.7 There is nothing eas (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.4 5.4 0.7 0.7 As someone who has spent years patiently working through fairly difficult mathematics in the field of category theory, I find the notion that the problem here is that I'm just "in a hurry" merely silly.... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.4 5.4 0.7 0.7 As someone who has s (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.4 5.4 0.7 0.7 I literally made no claims about the conclusions of category theory, whereas the whole point of your OP post was to make strong claims about Leibniz's conclusions. Your response is a petty non-sequitur. 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.1 2.1 I literally made no (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.1 2.1 From the cited papers, these alleged discoveries are not part of the "geometric proofs" contained within Leibniz's "esoteric system," but rather work that Leibniz did openly that prefigures later discoveries.... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.5 2.5 From the cited paper (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.5 2.5 This is ignorant nonsense. Several Fields Medalists have done work in category theory:... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.2 3.2 This is ignorant non (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.2 3.2 Here are the precise words from OP:... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.4 5.4 Here are the precise (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.4 5.4