Tag: John Locke
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How John Locke Explains the Origin of Simple Ideas: A Close Reading of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke’s theory of simple ideas marks one of the decisive turning points in the history of modern philosophy. In Book II, Chapter 3 of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke argues that every simple idea enters the human mind through specific channels of sensation and reflection, rejecting innate knowledge in favor of an empirical…