| Front | John Locke |
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| Back | Training: Oxford for medicine Accomplishments: First British empiricist – advocated for experimental / observational methods Politics: rights of citizens, influenced US constitution Philosophy: • Human nature is good and people are born with equal potential (need education). • Fears are acquired by experience (except for pain & loss of pleasure) – are not innate. • Basic elements of mind are ideas that come from sensation or mental reflections (not innate). Ideas can be simple or complex (by combining simple ideas). Criticisms of others: n/a Criticized by others: Leibniz published rebuttal, argued that there are some inborn ideas. Systems: Empiricist – denied there were innate tendencies |
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