-1632-1704
-theorist of human individuality
-Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)
a. individual selves, ideas come through the senses
-born into world as blank slates (tabula rasa)
b. understanding is passive--objects impose themselves on the senses
- give us capability to think
c. problems/misunderstandings occur when basic ideas are blurred/do not refer to definite things
d. man not capable of creating new life (like God), but can reason
Nancy Giang
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