An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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Target entity: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, majorWork, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding]
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The Problems of Philosophy
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A History of Western Philosophy
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The Spirit of the Laws
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The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
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Target entity: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Target entity description: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is John Locke’s foundational philosophical work that explores the origins, limits, and nature of human knowledge and helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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A.
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
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B.
On Human Nature
On Human Nature is a landmark 1978 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
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C.
A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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D.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Spirit of the Laws is a foundational 1748 political treatise by Montesquieu that systematically analyzes forms of government and famously articulates the doctrine of separation of powers.
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E.
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation is a landmark two-volume historical study by Peter Gay that analyzes the ideas, culture, and leading figures of the 18th-century Enlightenment in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | innate ideas ⓘ |
| author | John Locke ⓘ |
| book1MainTopic | innate ideas ⓘ |
| book2MainTopic | origin of ideas ⓘ |
| book3MainTopic | language and meaning ⓘ |
| book4MainTopic | knowledge and opinion ⓘ |
| claims | the mind is a tabula rasa at birth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| discusses |
association of ideas
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complex ideas ⓘ knowledge of the external world ⓘ nominal essence ⓘ personal identity over time ⓘ real essence ⓘ simple ideas ⓘ substance ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1690 ⓘ |
| genre |
early modern philosophy
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epistemology ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1694 edition
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1700 edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I
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Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ |
| influenced |
David Hume
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Enlightenment thought ⓘ George Berkeley ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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René Descartes ⓘ scholastic philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
empiricism
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human knowledge ⓘ ideas ⓘ language ⓘ limits of knowledge ⓘ personal identity ⓘ |
| movement |
Empiricism
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surface form:
British empiricism
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| notableConcept |
degrees of assent
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tabula rasa ⓘ |
| period | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | empiricism ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1689 ⓘ |
| publisher | Thomas Basset ⓘ |
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