Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines
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Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Étienne Bonnot de Condillac that develops an empiricist theory of how human knowledge arises from sensory experience.
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Target entity: Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines Context triple: [Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, notableWork, Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines]
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Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain is a major philosophical work by Leibniz in which he systematically responds to John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and develops his own theory of knowledge, innate ideas, and the nature of the mind.
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Logique ou l’art de penser
Logique ou l’art de penser is a seminal 17th-century treatise on logic and rational method, central to the Port-Royal tradition and influential in the development of modern philosophy and logic.
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Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain is an influential Enlightenment-era philosophical work by Marquis de Condorcet that outlines a progressive, optimistic vision of human intellectual and social advancement through history.
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Anticipations of the Second Philosophy
Anticipations of the Second Philosophy is a projected but unfinished component of Francis Bacon’s grand reform of knowledge, the Instauratio Magna, intended to outline preliminary insights into his new scientific method.
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Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines Target entity description: Essai sur l’origine des connaissances humaines is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Étienne Bonnot de Condillac that develops an empiricist theory of how human knowledge arises from sensory experience.
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A.
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain is a major philosophical work by Leibniz in which he systematically responds to John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and develops his own theory of knowledge, innate ideas, and the nature of the mind.
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B.
Logique ou l’art de penser
Logique ou l’art de penser is a seminal 17th-century treatise on logic and rational method, central to the Port-Royal tradition and influential in the development of modern philosophy and logic.
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C.
Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain is an influential Enlightenment-era philosophical work by Marquis de Condorcet that outlines a progressive, optimistic vision of human intellectual and social advancement through history.
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D.
Anticipations of the Second Philosophy
Anticipations of the Second Philosophy is a projected but unfinished component of Francis Bacon’s grand reform of knowledge, the Instauratio Magna, intended to outline preliminary insights into his new scientific method.
-
E.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction work ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| argues |
all human knowledge originates in the senses
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complex ideas are formed from simple sensations ⓘ operations of the mind transform sensations into knowledge ⓘ |
| author | Étienne Bonnot de Condillac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
innate ideas
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rationalist accounts of knowledge ⓘ |
| discusses |
analysis of mental operations
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formation of language from sensory experience ⓘ relationship between sensation and reflection ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
development of ideas from sensations
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role of sensation in knowledge ⓘ |
| genre | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | French ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
analysis of the faculties of the mind
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sensation as source of ideas ⓘ transformation of sensations into judgments ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPosition |
psychological empiricism
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sensationalism ⓘ |
| hasStructure | systematic exposition of an empiricist theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
French Enlightenment philosophy
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later empiricist epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
NERFINISHED
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John Locke ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
epistemology
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origin of human knowledge ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ sensory experience ⓘ |
| movementContext | French Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
philosophy of psychology
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theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement | empiricism ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1746 ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
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