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What did Locke propose?
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- we enter the world with our minds as "blank slates" on which experience writes
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How did Locke assume we obtain knowledge?
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- objectively through empirical observation
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What 4 questions did Locke ask?
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- Where does knowledge come from?
- What are the limits of human knowledge? - Where do ideas come from? - How does the mind put these ideas together? |
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Who wrote the Laws of Association?
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- Aristotle
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What are the 4 Laws of Association?
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- Similarity: appearance, function
- Contrast: difference, opposite - Contiguity: events occurring closely together are associated together - Frequency: repetition of associations, |
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What does "tabula rasa" mean?
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- blank slate
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Where did Locke believe ideas come from?
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- sensation
- reflection |
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What is sensation?
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- registration of external, sensible objects
through the senses - passively received by the mind - sensation always comes before reflection |
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What is reflection?
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- observation of the internal operations of the mind
- reflecting on sensations to form ideas - sensation > reflection > ideas - In reflecting – past sensory impressions also come to mind - combine/abstract |
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What are Locke's 2 types of ideas?
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- simple ideas
- complex ideas |