Disambiguation evidence for Book II via surface form

"Book II (An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)"


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Predicate Object
analyzes complex ideas
analyzes modes
analyzes relations
analyzes simple ideas
analyzes substances
arguesAgainst innate principles
associatedWith Locke’s theory of personal identity
author John Locke
claims all human ideas originate from experience
claims there are no innate ideas
clarifies difference between external and internal experience
containedInWorkBy John Locke
countryOfOrigin England
developsView mind as initially a blank slate (tabula rasa)
distinguishesBetween simple ideas and complex ideas
emphasizes experience as the source of all ideas
examines consciousness
examines identity and diversity
examines perception
examines personal identity
examines power
examines volition
explains ideas of reflection
explains ideas of sensation
focusesOn cognitive processes of understanding
focusesOn psychological origin of ideas
genre philosophical treatise section
historicalSignificance foundational text for modern empiricist theories of knowledge
influenced early modern epistemology
influenced later empiricist philosophers
instanceOf book section
introducesConcept ideas as objects of the understanding
language English
mainTopic empiricism
mainTopic origin of ideas
mainTopic sensation and reflection
mainTopic theory of ideas
partOf An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
philosophicalDiscipline epistemology
philosophicalDiscipline philosophy of mind
philosophicalTradition Empiricism
surface form: British empiricism
positionInWork second book of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
sourceOf Locke’s influential theory of ideas
states all ideas are derived from sensation or reflection
timePeriod 17th century
workTitle Book II: Of Ideas