Disambiguation evidence for Book I via surface form

"Book I (An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)"


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arguesThat the mind does not contain innate ideas at birth
arguesThat there are no innate practical moral principles
arguesThat there are no innate speculative principles
author John Locke
century 17th century
containsArgumentAgainst appeal to universal consent as proof of innateness
containsArgumentAgainst innate knowledge in children and idiots as evidence against innateness
discipline epistemology
discipline philosophy of mind
focusesOn critique of innate ideas in the mind
focusesOn critique of innate practical principles
focusesOn critique of innate speculative principles
hasPhilosophicalTheme critique of rationalist epistemology
hasPhilosophicalTheme nature and limits of human understanding
influenced later empiricist philosophers
influencedBy debates about innate ideas in 17th-century philosophy
instanceOf book section
instanceOf philosophical text
language English
laysGroundworkFor An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
surface form: Book II (An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)
laysGroundworkFor Locke’s empiricist theory of knowledge
mainTopic empiricism
mainTopic innate ideas
mainTopic theory of knowledge
openingSectionOf An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
opposes doctrine of innate ideas
opposes rationalist accounts of innate principles
partOf An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
philosophicalPosition empiricism
philosophicalTradition early modern philosophy
positionInWork first book
setsUp Locke’s account of the origin of ideas in Book II
supportsView all ideas must be traced to experience
workContext English Enlightenment thought