Book II
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Book II is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" in which he develops his influential theory that all human ideas originate from experience, particularly through sensation and reflection.
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book section
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| analyzes |
complex ideas
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modes → relations → simple ideas → substances → |
| arguesAgainst |
innate principles
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Locke’s theory of personal identity
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| author |
John Locke
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all human ideas originate from experience
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there are no innate ideas → |
| clarifies |
difference between external and internal experience
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John Locke
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England
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| developsView |
mind as initially a blank slate (tabula rasa)
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| distinguishesBetween |
simple ideas and complex ideas
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| emphasizes |
experience as the source of all ideas
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| examines |
consciousness
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identity and diversity → perception → personal identity → power → volition → |
| explains |
ideas of reflection
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ideas of sensation → |
| focusesOn |
cognitive processes of understanding
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psychological origin of ideas → |
| genre |
philosophical treatise section
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| historicalSignificance |
foundational text for modern empiricist theories of knowledge
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| influenced |
early modern epistemology
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later empiricist philosophers → |
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ideas as objects of the understanding
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English
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| mainTopic |
empiricism
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origin of ideas → sensation and reflection → theory of ideas → |
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
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philosophy of mind → |
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British empiricism
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second book of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Locke’s influential theory of ideas
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| states |
all ideas are derived from sensation or reflection
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17th century
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| workTitle |
Book II: Of Ideas
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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