Book II: Of Ideas
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Book II: Of Ideas is the section of John Locke’s *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding* that develops his influential theory of how the mind acquires and forms ideas from experience.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book II: Of Ideas canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| analyzes |
ideas of mode
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ideas of relation ⓘ ideas of space ⓘ ideas of substance ⓘ ideas of time ⓘ |
| author | John Locke ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
experience is the source of all our ideas
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the mind is initially void of ideas ⓘ |
| claims | all ideas originate in experience ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
complex ideas
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ideas of reflection ⓘ ideas of sensation ⓘ simple ideas ⓘ |
| explainsProcess |
abstraction
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combination of simple ideas into complex ideas ⓘ comparison of ideas ⓘ composition of ideas ⓘ enlargement of ideas ⓘ separation of ideas ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInWork | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ |
| follows | Book I: Of Innate Notions ⓘ |
| genre | epistemology treatise section ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalTheme |
empirical theory of meaning
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limits of human understanding ⓘ psychological explanation of cognition ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century epistemology
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David Hume ⓘ George Berkeley ⓘ modern philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
empiricism
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ideas ⓘ mental content ⓘ origin of ideas ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| opposesDoctrine | innate ideas ⓘ |
| partOf | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Empiricism
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surface form:
British empiricism
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| positionInWork | Book II ⓘ |
| precedes |
Book III
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surface form:
Book III: Of Words
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| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| supportsDoctrine | tabula rasa ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
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